It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?

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Goatmeal said:
This model is making city a fortune with the insurance of a buy back when another team has given them game time.
The academy is like a money printing production line.
Our club is so well run it should be put up there as an example not throw charges at us for throwing money at what was effectively a business start up.
If ffp was brought in to protect teams from going out of business then our model is at the opposite end of that scale.
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I think our recent pattern with the Academy is going to come back to bite us in the long term - the worlds best young talent have joined us in the past years, and we’ve only given a few (English) youngsters a chance.

Foden, Palmer, Lewis.

Why would any top young foreign player look to join us when we don’t even give them a chance to impress. Borges didn’t even get a game for the seniors despite a season that saw him win the reserve league player of the year. Likewise with Lavia, who was evidently more than good enough to be thrown into the mix for rotation.

Short term we’re making good money from this but long term it’s likely to have diminishing returns and other consequences imo.
 
callumcity said:
I think our recent pattern with the Academy is going to come back to bite us in the long term - the worlds best young talent have joined us in the past years, and we’ve only given a few (English) youngsters a chance.

Foden, Palmer, Lewis.

Why would any top young foreign player look to join us when we don’t even give them a chance to impress. Borges didn’t even get a game for the seniors despite a season that saw him win the reserve league player of the year. Likewise with Lavia, who was evidently more than good enough to be thrown into the mix for rotation.

Short term we’re making good money from this but long term it’s likely to have diminishing returns and other consequences imo.
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Not sure I agree with that. Lavia and Borges got sold for good money and likely commensurate wages. If they had not been in our academy with the training they get and the footballing education second to none that would never have happened.
They would have been stuck in the usual having to prove themselves at lower levels and work their way up type of approach. Instead of a starting role at a Premier League team.
 
callumcity said:
I think our recent pattern with the Academy is going to come back to bite us in the long term - the worlds best young talent have joined us in the past years, and we’ve only given a few (English) youngsters a chance.

Foden, Palmer, Lewis.

Why would any top young foreign player look to join us when we don’t even give them a chance to impress. Borges didn’t even get a game for the seniors despite a season that saw him win the reserve league player of the year. Likewise with Lavia, who was evidently more than good enough to be thrown into the mix for rotation.

Short term we’re making good money from this but long term it’s likely to have diminishing returns and other consequences imo.
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I look at it completely differently bud

I see us as being the Oxbridge of football. Come to us & you’ll end up with a fantastic career, which is exactly what seems to be happening at the moment

Why wouldn’t that encourage any youngster to sign for City?
 
callumcity said:
I think our recent pattern with the Academy is going to come back to bite us in the long term - the worlds best young talent have joined us in the past years, and we’ve only given a few (English) youngsters a chance.

Foden, Palmer, Lewis.

Why would any top young foreign player look to join us when we don’t even give them a chance to impress. Borges didn’t even get a game for the seniors despite a season that saw him win the reserve league player of the year. Likewise with Lavia, who was evidently more than good enough to be thrown into the mix for rotation.

Short term we’re making good money from this but long term it’s likely to have diminishing returns and other consequences imo.
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The academy is doing its job , giving a brilliant education to young footballers and then selling them on for big money. Making money for the club , and providing education and experience for young players. It’s massive income for us , same as Chelsea’s academy , Ajax etc

Occasionally you will have a gem come through who will go into the first team, but mostly it will be young players with potential that are just not good enough for us but good enough at their age now for other teams. That can be sold and bring money in for us
 
WRicko said:
Linked to him where ?
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Type Olise Man City in Google.

Although like I said originally I don't think the links are true. He is only 21 tho so clearly has a good future ahead of him and he can play Left & Right so perfect for Pep.

Think our name is being used to get Chelsea to pay up and buy yet another fucking winger lol
 
Gumzy97 said:
Only thing I’m worried about is if Rodri gets injured, Kalvin can keep possession and pass but breaking up play he’s no where near Rodri. We look so open when he’s at CDM in the cup games he played last season.
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You remember when Rodri first joined? We looked so vulnerable on counters. Not an easy task. He will take time, just need to keep playing him as much as possible.
 
Stoned Rose said:
Rodri was absolutely wank for 2 seasons.

It’s took him a while but he’s now the best out there in his position.
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Best midfielder in the world for me. But agreed it took time. We have to allow Phillips time this season, he can only become a better player playing regularly, for his sake we can hope he impresses Pep in training and keeps focus.
 
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bumbleblue said:
Well at least Mbappe Madness was a brief interlude of something in a vast sea of fuck all on the transfer front.
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Oh be fair mate are you not excited by Ten Haag rebuilding United!! Signed Chelsea’s best player, signed best keeper in world and about to sign the new Haaland by all accounts and that’s why they’re not in for Kane. It’s terrifying what they may be capable of next season and today I read that Martial is back to full fitness!
 
houraisen said:
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What a player. Lovely stuff. Nothing more than he deserves.

Remember the so called ‘experts’ judging our business when we signed him for £40m from a newly relegated Bournemouth? Look how far he’s come. One of our most important players without whom our treble would not be possible. I would even go far as saying him playing left back and showing his quality forced Pep to change the system as much as Rico/Stones did on the other side. It made him realise the value he offers in terms of covering space on the left and being very strong in 1v1s, aerially solid too.

He’s a major reason I’m not overly bothered if we do not end up getting Gvardiol. Gem as Josko is, he would learn a lot from our senior players, but even an understudy is not a bad shout who could rotate for Ake.
 
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