Took my old man to the game, 82, he absolutely loved it. Preferred watching the 18's than the 1st team. He fell in love with Jacob Davenport as a player, reads the game so well. 2 blokes behind us spent 90 minutes critising the kids. "No intensity, can't picture these playing in the Prem etc etc... " my dad turned round and told them he been watching city since the 40's and this is the best crop of kids he's ever seen. If they can't see that and enjoy it they should start watching another sport.
The quality in that team is outstanding and you can pick another starting 11 that is almost as good. I absolutely love watching acadamy football and I cannot recommend watching these boys highly enough. If you get the chance to watch them do it, I promise you you won't regret it.
I have no idea what you're talking about, the thread title clearly says WHU...Just a minor point, but wasn't it WHU we played, not WBA?
If we were a mid table side a lot of these kids would have 10,20,30 appearances but if we were a mid table side would we be able to attract them.Yer Dad's right! As all Dad's are!! The quality in the Academy at all levels is fantastic. You just have to see the technical ability of some of these 'kids' and it's staggering. I thoroughly enjoy the games at the Minihad. There is an intensity that I wish would be emulated a little more by the first team!
It will only take one manager to start using some of them on a regular basis instead of importing 'ready-made' at astronomical prices, to see just how good they are.
Took my old man to the game, 82, he absolutely loved it. Preferred watching the 18's than the 1st team. He fell in love with Jacob Davenport as a player, reads the game so well. 2 blokes behind us spent 90 minutes critising the kids. "No intensity, can't picture these playing in the Prem etc etc... " my dad turned round and told them he been watching city since the 40's and this is the best crop of kids he's ever seen. If they can't see that and enjoy it they should start watching another sport.
The quality in that team is outstanding and you can pick another starting 11 that is almost as good. I absolutely love watching acadamy football and I cannot recommend watching these boys highly enough. If you get the chance to watch them do it, I promise you you won't regret it.
Not all of them will transition to the EDS I suppose, that's the way the system works and always has. Hell, some of them might drop out of football entirely like Johnson did. Hopefully we'll hold on to the very best but only if they've got the hunger to put absolutely everything into their football.Is that necessarily a good thing? How do they all get enough opportunities to play for the EDS team, never mind the 1st team?
Took my old man to the game, 82, he absolutely loved it. Preferred watching the 18's than the 1st team. He fell in love with Jacob Davenport as a player, reads the game so well. 2 blokes behind us spent 90 minutes critising the kids. "No intensity, can't picture these playing in the Prem etc etc... " my dad turned round and told them he been watching city since the 40's and this is the best crop of kids he's ever seen. If they can't see that and enjoy it they should start watching another sport.
The quality in that team is outstanding and you can pick another starting 11 that is almost as good. I absolutely love watching acadamy football and I cannot recommend watching these boys highly enough. If you get the chance to watch them do it, I promise you you won't regret it.