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Re: Reserves and Academy 2025-26
« Reply #450 on: May 15, 2026, 11:27:27 AM »
Hemmings has been with the squad all season and it might have been better for him to have gone out and got first team football somewhere. Challenging for CL places each year for each of the last 3 has meant that the bar is really high for them and in recent years, there's only really been Jacob Ramsey who's been at that level.

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Re: Reserves and Academy 2025-26
« Reply #451 on: May 15, 2026, 02:17:45 PM »
Hemmings has been with the squad all season and it might have been better for him to have gone out and got first team football somewhere. Challenging for CL places each year for each of the last 3 has meant that the bar is really high for them and in recent years, there's only really been Jacob Ramsey who's been at that level.

The best option is a case-by-case situation. Some players are better being kept around the squad and find a loan harms their development.

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Re: Reserves and Academy 2025-26
« Reply #452 on: May 16, 2026, 02:50:20 AM »
Kayden Young's a good example of that.

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Re: Reserves and Academy 2025-26
« Reply #453 on: May 16, 2026, 05:11:17 AM »
We’re in the CL Youth thingy next season. Hopefully a great stage for Meade, Burrowes & Macca II.

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Re: Reserves and Academy 2025-26
« Reply #454 on: May 16, 2026, 12:10:05 PM »
Had forgotten that. Another bonus.

 


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