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mosssideblue said:
It will always come back to "if they are good enough" they will get given opportunity and that is not for the likes of you or I to decide.
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Some people would rather see failure with youth players than success with transfers. They're probably the same people who immediately get on the back of any player who makes a mistake and destroy their confidence. Not happy unless they're miserable.
 
mosssideblue said:
It will always come back to "if they are good enough" they will get given opportunity and that is not for the likes of you or I to decide.
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That's another ridiculous cliché used every year.

Hardly any kids in the world anywhere are 'good enough' they become 'good enough' by being given time on the pitch to learn how to be 'good enough'.

If that ridiculous cliché applied no kids would ever play, anywhere.

You can see in games like today how the kids are learning what they can & can't do at senior level & how they must change to adapt. What they need is time on the pitch to refine it. They have no way of learning it without playing.

You don't get that on the training pitch & it's all necessary in order to be 'good enough' or otherwise they rot away playing shit level football & lose their desire & edge, like most of our academy kids have done so far.

I wish this cowardly attitude amongst some fans would stop. We never used to be like this.
 
Neville Kneville said:
That's another ridiculous cliché used every year.

Hardly any kids in the world anywhere are 'good enough' they become 'good enough' by being given time on the pitch to learn how to be 'good enough'.

If that ridiculous cliché applied no kids would ever play, anywhere.

You can see in games like today how the kids are learning what they can & can't do at senior level & how they must change to adapt. What they need is time on the pitch to refine it. They have no way of learning it without playing.

You don't get that on the training pitch & it's all necessary in order to be 'good enough' or otherwise they rot away playing shit level football & lose their desire & edge, like most of our academy kids have done so far.

I wish this cowardly attitude amongst some fans would stop. We never used to be like this.
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We also never used to be in the champions league or regularly challenging for cups and titles, and in an era where kids have 12 second attention spans for video clips and wanting the winning teams for their FIFA game.
 
AustinBlue said:
We also never used to be in the champions league or regularly challenging for cups and titles, and in an era where kids have 12 second attention spans for video clips and wanting the winning teams for their FIFA game.
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We used to be fighting for titles & also fighting relegation. It's just as important at both ends.

We didn't used to shit ourselves at the thought of a kid playing, we used to support it & cheer them on.

That was our club's tradition.
 
Neville Kneville said:
We used to be fighting for titles & also fighting relegation. It's just as important at both ends.

We didn't used to shit ourselves at the thought of a kid playing, we used to support it & cheer them on.

That was our club's tradition.
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That's the era I grew up in... but that's not the modern premier league game or even modern life. Dropping down a division or two wasn't death before the television and internet era. As long as fans showed up on the terraces and bought pints and pies and shirts, a team could survive a few seasons without winning because revenue wasn't dependent on the media et al. Outside football we used to give teenagers real apprenticeships into real jobs to stay with a company their whole working life and in which they could support families too. The world has moved on my friend.
 
AustinBlue said:
That's the era I grew up in... but that's not the modern premier league game or even modern life. Dropping down a division or two wasn't death before the television and internet era. As long as fans showed up on the terraces and bought pints and pies and shirts, a team could survive a few seasons without winning because revenue wasn't dependent on the media et al. Outside football we used to give teenagers real apprenticeships into real jobs to stay with a company their whole working life and in which they could support families too. The world has moved on my friend.
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There are loads of teams who use kids in their squads.

City & Chelsea have just set a terrible precident by harvesting some of the best kids in the world & not using any of them.

It's not typical in football.
 
Neville Kneville said:
That's another ridiculous cliché used every year.

Hardly any kids in the world anywhere are 'good enough' they become 'good enough' by being given time on the pitch to learn how to be 'good enough'.

If that ridiculous cliché applied no kids would ever play, anywhere.

You can see in games like today how the kids are learning what they can & can't do at senior level & how they must change to adapt. What they need is time on the pitch to refine it. They have no way of learning it without playing.

You don't get that on the training pitch & it's all necessary in order to be 'good enough' or otherwise they rot away playing shit level football & lose their desire & edge, like most of our academy kids have done so far.

I wish this cowardly attitude amongst some fans would stop. We never used to be like this.
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It's not cowardly, it's realistic expectations. Its clear you are passionate about seeing the young uns coming through and that is commendable. But cliche or not, it is true. They are seen training every day of the week and that is the first part of their audition. Impress there and then maybe you stand a chance. Perhaps no one has impressed enough to get to phase two.
 
Let's see how many of the youngsters Pep plays, even as sub this season.

Foden looks favourite at moment but competition is intense.
 
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Pep after today's game: "I think we need someone else, something else, a little bit more." [@spbajko]
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mosssideblue said:
It's not cowardly, it's realistic expectations. Its clear you are passionate about seeing the young uns coming through and that is commendable. But cliche or not, it is true. They are seen training every day of the week and that is the first part of their audition. Impress there and then maybe you stand a chance. Perhaps no one has impressed enough to get to phase two.
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They DO impress there.

They always have, even ones who aren't that good. Training is piss easy. Real games are totally different.

It's another nonsense cliché mindlessly spouted on here.
 
AustinBlue said:
That's the era I grew up in... but that's not the modern premier league game or even modern life. Dropping down a division or two wasn't death before the television and internet era. As long as fans showed up on the terraces and bought pints and pies and shirts, a team could survive a few seasons without winning because revenue wasn't dependent on the media et al. Outside football we used to give teenagers real apprenticeships into real jobs to stay with a company their whole working life and in which they could support families too. The world has moved on my friend.
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He should put two kids in the bench every week, if 3 up or more against the West Ham's and Bournemouth's of the league they should get game time, they should be starting cup games also.
I'd rather see the likes of Diaz, Foden and Roberts get minutes than Delph, Fernando or Bony.
 
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