Dan Crowley

[Toronto Villa]

As I said before, for every player we lose, we poach many more. This is from a couple of weeks ago.

CORNISH footballer Liam Prynn will complete a dream move to Premier Division Aston Villa this summer after a ‘compensation package’ was agreed with Torquay United.

The 16-year-old, from Constantine, will put pen to paper on a two-year scholarship on July 5, before he turns professional in 2015 after agreeing a one-year contract.

It is rare for players of this age to be offered pro terms so soon, but Villa officials have been so impressed they were keen to tie the young Cornishman down, with several other top flight clubs keen to sign him.

Prynn, who goes to Penryn Sports College, was in the West Midlands with his family at the weekend to discuss his move to Villa Park after the Villains reached a financial agreement with League Two Torquay, the club the teenager has been at since the age of 13.

I'm going to check if the Torquay mob are demanding the club put a statement up on the website. Selling club, no ambition etc etc

[LeeB]

As I said before, for every player we lose, we poach many more. This is from a couple of weeks ago.

CORNISH footballer Liam Prynn will complete a dream move to Premier Division Aston Villa this summer after a ‘compensation package’ was agreed with Torquay United.

The 16-year-old, from Constantine, will put pen to paper on a two-year scholarship on July 5, before he turns professional in 2015 after agreeing a one-year contract.

It is rare for players of this age to be offered pro terms so soon, but Villa officials have been so impressed they were keen to tie the young Cornishman down, with several other top flight clubs keen to sign him.

Prynn, who goes to Penryn Sports College, was in the West Midlands with his family at the weekend to discuss his move to Villa Park after the Villains reached a financial agreement with League Two Torquay, the club the teenager has been at since the age of 13.

I'm going to check if the Torquay mob are demanding the club put a statement up on the website. Selling club, no ambition etc etc

I think it shows how far they've sunk.

[Jenks]

Identify "elite" young players and implement a system that prepare them better.

So what does the elite training centre that the FA have set up do if it doesn't do that?

It's not a training campus, it was never meant to be, this misconception is just the result of lazy journalism. St George's Park is where the national teams will train, but more than anything it's about coach education. It's where the FA intends to start pumping out high quality coaches that know how to teach youngsters to play the game properly. There's all sorts of other stuff with sports science and coach lectures and what not, but an academy set up it is not.

[Mister E]

Identify "elite" young players and implement a system that prepare them better.

So what does the elite training centre that the FA have set up do if it doesn't do that?

It's not a training campus, it was never meant to be, this misconception is just the result of lazy journalism. St George's Park is where the national teams will train, but more than anything it's about coach education. It's where the FA intends to start pumping out high quality coaches that know how to teach youngsters to play the game properly. There's all sorts of other stuff with sports science and coach lectures and what not, but an academy set up it is not.

Yep.

[villa kicks]

Im wondering how many of these young players who move at development stage actually go on to fulfil potential. John bostock palace wonder kid who at 15 was transfered to spurs has recently been released. Never til now at least made any great progress. Sometimes young players and advisors need to hold with were they are and naturally and gradually develop.   

[eamonn]

I think if you're a hot prospect at Torquay aged 16, each party knows the likelihood is you'll be gone before you become an adult.
Villa and Arsenal are far closer in stature. While the Gooners are undeniably bigger and more successful, our reputation of giving youth its head would count for something you'd imagine. But Crowley will have the confidence and ambition to make a success of himself there so I guess you can't chide him for it.

[Jenks]

Im wondering how many of these young players who move at development stage actually go on to fulfil potential. John bostock palace wonder kid who at 15 was transfered to spurs has recently been released. Never til now at least made any great progress. Sometimes young players and advisors need to hold with were they are and naturally and gradually develop.

Bostock is the go-to example that everyone uses because there aren't that many obvious other ones. Honestly I think it has more to do with dedication than anything else. For every Bostock there is a Raheem Sterling and vice versa, ultimately it's down to the kids to keep working hard to make their dream career a reality. I'm confident that Crowley has the talent to make it, whether he has the attitude remains to be seen.

[Mister E]

Im wondering how many of these young players who move at development stage actually go on to fulfil potential. John bostock palace wonder kid who at 15 was transfered to spurs has recently been released. Never til now at least made any great progress. Sometimes young players and advisors need to hold with were they are and naturally and gradually develop.

Bostock is the go-to example that everyone uses because there aren't that many obvious other ones. Honestly I think it has more to do with dedication than anything else. For every Bostock there is a Raheem Sterling and vice versa, ultimately it's down to the kids to keep working hard to make their dream career a reality. I'm confident that Crowley has the talent to make it, whether he has the attitude remains to be seen.

Well, that is often what is said of Tim Henman in the tennis world: never the best of his cohort but the one most dedicated to the training and the tennis-circuit regime. He's made a £12-15m career out of it, so can't be bad.

[barrysleftfoot]

 Wheres he gone anyway?

[not3bad]

5 Under 21 players to watch this season...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2387723/U21-Premier-League-preview--players-watch.html

[paul_e]

5 Under 21 players to watch this season...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2387723/U21-Premier-League-preview--players-watch.html

So effectively 2 of the best 5 youngsters in the league are from our academy, I'll take that.

For what it's worth I agree with them on Grealish getting around the first team this season, I suspect we'll see him on loan to a championship side soon, get a bit of first team football elsewhere and then ome back and push for the main squad, if he does well.

[footyskillz]

Gone on loan to Oxford United for the whole season! He's now 18 and wondering how he 'll progress. He hasn't been championship level yet Oxford are league one and was at Barnsley last season. I think would have been good to have him back at villa

[Villa in Denmark]

Gone on loan to Oxford United for the whole season! He's now 18 and wondering how he 'll progress. He hasn't been championship level yet Oxford are league one and was at Barnsley last season. I think would have been good to have him back at villa

Did I imagine it, or was his loan cut short because he couldn't get into League 1 Barnsley's team?

[Stirchley Villain]

Dan Crowley. What goes on in his head?

[Gregorys Boy]

Can't comment since I don't know him.  But right now more than ever we can't afford to lose any good prospects.  With a bit of luck if he makes something of his self we will get some decent money for him later on.