Texas Iron 9:33 Mon Dec 16
Prem level Striker from The Academy...???
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Have we ever developed a Prem level striker...
If so who and when...
Sadly I can't remember any in the last 30 years...
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HAMMERAMA
8:27 Mon Dec 16
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One to watch Mipo the Irish lad we got from ManU 5 in 2 games
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Vexed
8:17 Mon Dec 16
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Block 11:15 Mon Dec 16
"Cole, Carrick, Lampard, Johnson, Ferdinand, Defoe, Rice,"
I'm in danger of feeding a stray dog here but....
You obviously can't count Defoe or Rice because they were not products of our academy. The rest are fair game but I reckon Ferdinand must be mid nineties, so that's five since 1996(?)? Not exactly prolific is it? hence my statement that we'd produced very few. I think that simultaneously mugs you and your equally dim boyfriend Steven P off as per any standard day on WHO by any poster. What a clueless duo.
As for your entirely empty half threat, I'm currently treating it as the joke you desperately hope I take it as, you tragic, hapless waste of blood and organs.
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Block
2:37 Mon Dec 16
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* sniggers *
Cheers, duke son.
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Iron Duke
2:36 Mon Dec 16
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Block isn't on here 24/7.
Only during work hours.
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Block
2:34 Mon Dec 16
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Still early days but Diangana is looking like he's developing nicely as well.
Still, according to some we haven't produced any top quality players.
* chortles *
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pdbis
2:34 Mon Dec 16
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Apart from Diop our bench was piss poor. I would prefer it if we had 2 or 3 from the u23s who would perform better than at least half of the first team squad.
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pdbis
2:33 Mon Dec 16
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Apart from Diop our bench was piss poor. I would prefer it if we had 2 or 3 from the u23s who would perform better than at least half of the first team squad.
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pdbis
2:33 Mon Dec 16
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Apart from Diop our bench was piss poor. I would prefer it if we had 2 or 3 from the u23s who would perform better than at least half of the first team squad.
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Block
2:32 Mon Dec 16
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How would you know I'm on here 24/7 if you're never on here, you soppy prick.
Christ, good to see even after attention seeking saying you were leaving you've come back a bigger cunt than before.
So answer the question, is defoe a fully developed player at 16?
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Block
2:31 Mon Dec 16
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V SON!
(IT'S BOLTY BTW) where the fuck have you been?
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Swiss.
2:31 Mon Dec 16
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I didn't miss out Cole, Lampard and Ferdinand you stupid cunt. I just mention the one's I wouldn't say were fully developed by us and the academy.
A lay off...haha you mean I have a life and not on here 24/7 like you you sad failed estate agent prick.
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JOHNNY V
2:28 Mon Dec 16
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Block you can add Noble, Tomkins & Collison to your list
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Block
2:23 Mon Dec 16
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Oh, and I never even mentioned Zamora.
You've had a mare here. As usual.
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Block
2:23 Mon Dec 16
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So defoe at 16 was fully developed was he, you soppy cunt? Carrick joined us at a very early age, also.
Like how you missed out Cole, Lampard and Ferdinand as well.
Good to see you're still thick as fuck, even after a long lay off.
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Swiss.
2:20 Mon Dec 16
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Zamora was released by the Acedemy, Carrick came from Walls End in Tyneside, Defoe was at Charlton..
So Block you are the thick cunt. Being precise is import on what you call developed or produced.
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El Scorchio
12:48 Mon Dec 16
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southbankbornnbred 11:45
100% agree.
Those clubs have cottoned on to the fact it's the best way to make/save money and finance big deals.
Lure the players on the cheap with promises of the world when they are young. Hoard them, rent them out, hold them in limbo for several years while other teams pay to develop them, (so basically just make a profit from them while holding them hostage) then either discard for a profit or MAYBE they crack the first team. Chelsea have done this really aggressively in the last 5-10 years.
It's disgusting really. Somehow it needs to be clamped down on. There needs to be stricter control over numbers in academies or on the books of a club in general- especially with overseas players. Certainly there needs to be tighter rules on how many players can be loaned out. Chelsea at times have had 20-25 players on loan to other decent sized clubs. Ridiculous.
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blueeyed.handsomeman
12:01 Mon Dec 16
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WHamZAM was a tidy little footballer with a hunger to learn,he was very small and slight and slipped away from West Ham,he was no more than 15 years old,about four or five years later this 190cm was scoring goals at Bristol C/
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southbankbornnbred
11:48 Mon Dec 16
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It's Zamora.
You don't have to go back as far as Cottee or Hurst.
Zamora was a Premiership quality striker. He played for England. We developed him.
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southbankbornnbred
11:45 Mon Dec 16
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Money talks at Academy level these days.
The best academies are within the clubs with the biggest pots of cash: Man City, Man Utd, Arsenal and Chelsea.
Even Liverpool have struggled to keep up with some of their spending on youth development.
The only club in recent(ish) years which has almost bucked the trend is Southampton.
Basically, clubs like ours used to appeal at academy level because local lads knew they'd get a good football education and a chance to play first team football. But the big spenders now have extensive scouting networks that cover the entire world - not just the UK - and suck up all the talent. More than that, though, money talks and those same clubs offer big financial incentives to the families of the kids (like private education fees, houses for the parents etc).
There's a scandal there, waiting to be uncovered, I'm quite sure. Some journo with more time than I've got should start sniffing around the incentives offered to these families. I'm quite certain that not all of them are kosher.
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blueeyed.handsomeman
11:44 Mon Dec 16
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only one really and that was Tony COTTEE
Geoff puffer HURST was of course adapted from a useful wing half.
a fea good ones as well, but this irish boy with a nigerian Dad looks exceptional
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Block
11:41 Mon Dec 16
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Steven, I do notice how he tries to act the tough man, I did call him out on it the other day and he disappeared, oddly enough.
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