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I totally agree with that up until U18S. They should be comfortable playing any style or system.He seemed a bit reluctant for the academy to stick to a specific style of football. He knows significantly more about this than me but I feel if we are to succeed on similar resources to other clubs we need to create a playing identity at the club and that, I feel, should start at the bottom.
He was just going on about that the kids should be comfortable with all styles of football. I get the reasoning but not sure I agree.
He also seemed to forever go on about opening the office space up. Came across something hes picked up at college. Not sure it makes any real difference.
I get that being a league 1 side hinders us. However, I'm not sure it's acceptable as a cat 1 academy for the under 18's to be on minus 21 goals after 5 games. They are clearly getting pummeled most matches. It doesn't bode well in terms of producing future first team players from that crop.
I do, however, think the new owners will see the academy as something that can help us compete at a higher level so hopefully we will see improvement in that area.