The irony is that if we had Albrighton, Bannan, Hogg, Johnson and Robinson as our midfield 5 now behind Tammy we'd probably be top 2.Should always put buy-backs in. although only 3 of them haven't moved since we let them go.
Southampton would be best in recent years, Bale + all those they've sold to Liverpool.
They signed Che Adams from Sheff United when he was 20.
Quote from: JJ-AV on February 21, 2019, 06:31:27 PMThe irony is that if we had Albrighton, Bannan, Hogg, Johnson and Robinson as our midfield 5 now behind Tammy we'd probably be top 2.Should always put buy-backs in. although only 3 of them haven't moved since we let them go.How many of them are any good and how many only look decent because we've got so bad? Of all the kids we've let go in the past ten-fifteen years I can only think of about three who have really bettered themselves. Cahill was a stupid mistake by the manager, Hogg never looked like making it here and the Albrighton who played for us was nowhere near the one who plays for Leicester.
For many years, Crewe were considered to be the most the successful and supplied many players to higher league clubs. After that I remember Middlesboro and Leeds being mentioned quite a lot, along with ourselves.I remember SirAlex exclaiming "why do we need a youth team?" after we had beaten them in the semi final of the FAYC. This was around the time of the change in the number of substitutes allowed in the PL, and he was asking why can't we have eleven or more, the reserve league is a waste of time.Interestingly, Brentford disbanded their academy setup in 2016 and made a decent case for so doing.Club statement: Brentford Academy restructuring
He apparently played for Leicester-based St Andrews in his teens before he signed for Sheffield United.
Quote from: TB on February 22, 2019, 01:31:19 AMHe apparently played for Leicester-based St Andrews in his teens before he signed for Sheffield United.He was at Ilkeston Town and Sheffield United scouted him.