whothefisAlice said:That's all I need to say...Micah Richards.
The best right back in the country,yep i agree,it's all you need to say......
whothefisAlice said:mcfclovin said:Nelly's Left Foot said:Do you think it is any different at any top club anywhere?
And who is Baton/Bator and co.?
I assume he means Nir Biton, who we didn't even sign because he couldn't get a work permit.
Yea Biton, I couldn't be arsed trolling through looking for his name, and I do now remember now you have said that he didn't get signed in the end. All I am saying is look at the facts...Micah Richards. That's all I need to say...Micah Richards.
Hart
Clichy
Kompany
Lescott
RICHARDS
Yaya
Barry
Silva
Aguero
Nasri
Balotelli.
panti, ndj, milner, pizzaro, kolarov, dzeko
MICAH RICHARDS.
I am also well aware that it is the same at most other top clubs, with maybe just about Barca being the odd exception. Chances are, most of these lads will go somewhere else, end up at a Valencia/Bremen/Udinese/Roma/Lille type club and will be bought back by someone like us, Rags, Chelsea, Barca, Madrid etc. for a bucket load of money....
samharris said:allblackcitizen said:Great.
A good excuse to toddle along to the Amex, my local ground.
Mine too..
whothefisAlice said:Our academy I fear, will just end up being a feeder system for other clubs.
theonlyd said:whothefisAlice said:Our academy I fear, will just end up being a feeder system for other clubs.
i think thats what it, and the youth set up of other prem clubs are supposed to be. Yeah it's great to unearth a gem but they also make a packet by selling off the rest to lower league teams.
It's going to be twice as bad when this new ruling about academies comes in and lower league teams can see their kids pinched for £30k and face having to buy them back at 10x the price.
boggyfox said:samharris said:allblackcitizen said:Great.
A good excuse to toddle along to the Amex, my local ground.
Mine too..
Best not lads...the games at Anfield.
whothefisAlice said:theonlyd said:whothefisAlice said:But shouldn't we aspire to the Barcelona system, where we attract all the world's best (especially English and more importantly northern) to our club with our fabulous facilities, with the aim of nurturing them and hopefully keeping them there for life? Ronaldo, Zidane, C Ronaldo, Figo etc. etc. all went from massive club to massive club, so it's not like I am living in a dream world, it is just I would rather ''in a dream world'' we bring the Silvas, Yayas, Agueros, Harts, Kompanys through from their teens to lifelong careers in our first team. I will wake up sooner or later...