From Despair To Where? Huddersfield's loss will undoubtedly be Bradford and Halifax's gain.
Would we be the same boat without a Cat1 academy?
not sure -but certainly gives the motivation to keep it at that level.
by Hound » 19 Sep 2017 08:59
From Despair To Where? Huddersfield's loss will undoubtedly be Bradford and Halifax's gain.
Would we be the same boat without a Cat1 academy?
by Stranded » 19 Sep 2017 09:54
mambo3Strandedmambo3
Kelly didn't play a lot of games and was sub more often then not for Bath city and if the truth be known was not rated. however he certainly proved them wrong now and shows that if the have a manager who likes the way you play and gives you a chance then only positive things
can happen.
That would be the Liam Kelly who joined on loan at Bath initially for one month in Feb '16, was extended to the end of the season, played 16 games (i.e. pretty much all of them) and scored 6 goals - that Liam Kelly?
16 appearances most of them as a sub but doesn't matter anyway. Still proved them wrong.
by Tilehurstsouthbank » 19 Sep 2017 10:11
WAZZOCKTilehurstsouthbankSnowflake Royal The window for playing multiple inexperienced youngsters is incredibly slim in this insanely competitive division.
When you have nothing really to aim for and either no fear of going down, or expecting to go down so there's nothing to lose. Or when you're 2-3 goals to the good with 10 - 20 minutes left.
I'll admit I'm disappointed Watson got injured, I was really looking forward to him getting some more cup games and building the experience that lets us ditch Gunter.
I was sad to see Hyam, Tanner and Stacey go, although, I'm not convinced Stacey fits the current system that well. Kuhl was a massive let down after some very promising starts. I think the departure of Adkins and arrival of that tosser Clarke totally fooked his career.
Nothing to do with Kuhl's own attitude? He had multiple loans and did pretty much oxf*rd all. If you can't hold down a place at Boreham Wood on loan, you're not trying hard enough. I'd love it if he popped up somewhere and really made a name for himself, but I think he went all Billy big spuds after his initial Reading debut went to his head.
Do you have any basis for saying this, or have you just made it up?
by 6ft Kerplunk » 19 Sep 2017 11:38
From Despair To Where? Huddersfield's loss will undoubtedly be Bradford and Halifax's gain.
by LWJ » 19 Sep 2017 11:46
TilehurstsouthbankSnowflake Royal The window for playing multiple inexperienced youngsters is incredibly slim in this insanely competitive division.
When you have nothing really to aim for and either no fear of going down, or expecting to go down so there's nothing to lose. Or when you're 2-3 goals to the good with 10 - 20 minutes left.
I'll admit I'm disappointed Watson got injured, I was really looking forward to him getting some more cup games and building the experience that lets us ditch Gunter.
I was sad to see Hyam, Tanner and Stacey go, although, I'm not convinced Stacey fits the current system that well. Kuhl was a massive let down after some very promising starts. I think the departure of Adkins and arrival of that tosser Clarke totally fooked his career.
Nothing to do with Kuhl's own attitude? He had multiple loans and did pretty much oxf*rd all. If you can't hold down a place at Boreham Wood on loan, you're not trying hard enough. I'd love it if he popped up somewhere and really made a name for himself, but I think he went all Billy big spuds after his initial Reading debut went to his head.
by WAZZOCK » 19 Sep 2017 13:54
TilehurstsouthbankWAZZOCKTilehurstsouthbank
Nothing to do with Kuhl's own attitude? He had multiple loans and did pretty much oxf*rd all. If you can't hold down a place at Boreham Wood on loan, you're not trying hard enough. I'd love it if he popped up somewhere and really made a name for himself, but I think he went all Billy big spuds after his initial Reading debut went to his head.
Do you have any basis for saying this, or have you just made it up?
The key word in my statement is 'Think' mate so it's only a guess. Doesn't mean that's definitely what happed, just what I thought might have happened.
by Tilehurstsouthbank » 20 Sep 2017 09:07
WAZZOCKTilehurstsouthbankWAZZOCK
Do you have any basis for saying this, or have you just made it up?
The key word in my statement is 'Think' mate so it's only a guess. Doesn't mean that's definitely what happed, just what I thought might have happened.
Ok, I'll change the question. What evidence can you bring forward that would suggest that what you think is actually correct?
by From Despair To Where? » 20 Sep 2017 09:28
by Tilehurstsouthbank » 20 Sep 2017 09:33
From Despair To Where? From what I heard, Kuhl got disillusioned with the game. Whilst that clearly suggests a problem with his attitude, its a far cry from suggesting he's a billy big bollocks.
by From Despair To Where? » 20 Sep 2017 09:35
by tidus_mi2 » 20 Sep 2017 09:37
by muirinho » 20 Sep 2017 09:57
tidus_mi2 It seems ludicrous to me that a Premier League club would shut down it's academy, they can easily afford it. Hopefully the FA look into the reasons why they would shut down their academy because if they want England to a force at the International stage, they can't have a scenario where a top division sides deems their academy surplus to requirements.
I know it's just one team and to my recollection, Huddersfield didn't exactly have a reputation for bringing through players, but surely the FA want as many teams as possible to be running youth academies and probably all the teams from the top 2 divisions.
by Hound » 20 Sep 2017 10:03
tidus_mi2 It seems ludicrous to me that a Premier League club would shut down it's academy, they can easily afford it. Hopefully the FA look into the reasons why they would shut down their academy because if they want England to a force at the International stage, they can't have a scenario where a top division sides deems their academy surplus to requirements.
I know it's just one team and to my recollection, Huddersfield didn't exactly have a reputation for bringing through players, but surely the FA want as many teams as possible to be running youth academies and probably all the teams from the top 2 divisions.
by muirinho » 20 Sep 2017 10:13
Houndtidus_mi2 It seems ludicrous to me that a Premier League club would shut down it's academy, they can easily afford it. Hopefully the FA look into the reasons why they would shut down their academy because if they want England to a force at the International stage, they can't have a scenario where a top division sides deems their academy surplus to requirements.
I know it's just one team and to my recollection, Huddersfield didn't exactly have a reputation for bringing through players, but surely the FA want as many teams as possible to be running youth academies and probably all the teams from the top 2 divisions.
I do agree. Rather than shut it down, you'd hope for further investment to bring it up to required standard. I don't think there is a limit to number of Cat 1s in the country is there?
by mambo3 » 20 Sep 2017 11:04
muirinhoHoundtidus_mi2 It seems ludicrous to me that a Premier League club would shut down it's academy, they can easily afford it. Hopefully the FA look into the reasons why they would shut down their academy because if they want England to a force at the International stage, they can't have a scenario where a top division sides deems their academy surplus to requirements.
I know it's just one team and to my recollection, Huddersfield didn't exactly have a reputation for bringing through players, but surely the FA want as many teams as possible to be running youth academies and probably all the teams from the top 2 divisions.
I do agree. Rather than shut it down, you'd hope for further investment to bring it up to required standard. I don't think there is a limit to number of Cat 1s in the country is there?
Dunno, but the top two "leagues" cover 24 teams, so maybe that's what they regarded as the natural limit.
thing is, because of promotion and relegation, the top 24 teams in the country are going to keep changing, so they can't enforce some sort of correlation between club league position and academy rating.
IMO, there probably should be some sort of minimum investment by PL teams in youth development. And if they don't run their own academy, they'd have to give that money to the nearest C1 or C2 academy. Think that would encourage teams to have their own, so they're not being forced to hand over money to rivals. But without the logistics of trying to get an academy set up for a club that is bouncing between PL and Championship
by From Despair To Where? » 20 Sep 2017 11:08
Houndtidus_mi2 It seems ludicrous to me that a Premier League club would shut down it's academy, they can easily afford it. Hopefully the FA look into the reasons why they would shut down their academy because if they want England to a force at the International stage, they can't have a scenario where a top division sides deems their academy surplus to requirements.
I know it's just one team and to my recollection, Huddersfield didn't exactly have a reputation for bringing through players, but surely the FA want as many teams as possible to be running youth academies and probably all the teams from the top 2 divisions.
I do agree. Rather than shut it down, you'd hope for further investment to bring it up to required standard. I don't think there is a limit to number of Cat 1s in the country is there?
by SCIAG » 20 Sep 2017 12:04
by From Despair To Where? » 20 Sep 2017 16:46
by Hound » 20 Sep 2017 18:00
by From Despair To Where? » 20 Sep 2017 21:07
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