The academy was also created to drive revenue through player sales. If you don't understand that, well, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
CFG | Academy | EDS in & out season 2021/22
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Fordyboy46
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Well if that happens a new striker is a must
People tend to get too emotionally involved when it comes to the youth side of things.
In a perfect world the squad would be made up of at least half a dozen young Mancunians who have supported City all their lives but the reality is very different and rightly so.
Pep doesn't play too many kids, not just because he doesn't trust them or have faith in them, but because they aren't ready and the players they would be replacing are usually at the very top of their game.
He isn't at the helm to bring through tomorrows stars, he's there to make sure we stay at the top of the pile in the here and now.
In a perfect world the squad would be made up of at least half a dozen young Mancunians who have supported City all their lives but the reality is very different and rightly so.
Pep doesn't play too many kids, not just because he doesn't trust them or have faith in them, but because they aren't ready and the players they would be replacing are usually at the very top of their game.
He isn't at the helm to bring through tomorrows stars, he's there to make sure we stay at the top of the pile in the here and now.
Tugay One Cup
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Say what you want but I can't help but feel a bit depressed every time someone talks about our academy as a shop window.
Fair enough, that's business but that's not exactly what I started following the club for. Giving someone like Liam Delap chances when both senior strikers were injured last season wasn't exactly going to hurt their pockets either.
Our integration of academy players has been shite and that's mostly because we can cram every corner of the squad with a £40-50m player.
It is what it is, I guess, but I find it weird when people say things along the lines of "we're selling them for a profit so the academy is doing it's job."
Where's the entertainment in that?
Fair enough, that's business but that's not exactly what I started following the club for. Giving someone like Liam Delap chances when both senior strikers were injured last season wasn't exactly going to hurt their pockets either.
Our integration of academy players has been shite and that's mostly because we can cram every corner of the squad with a £40-50m player.
It is what it is, I guess, but I find it weird when people say things along the lines of "we're selling them for a profit so the academy is doing it's job."
Where's the entertainment in that?
decmancity
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Apparently they are, he got told to stop taking them in academy games because it was taking the piss and also with his height he was more of a threat getting on the end of them rather than throwing it.
The academy argument is pretty clear for me, we provide world class training facilities for youth players with the aim they will go into the first team. 99.9% wont be good enough. Talk of sacrificing a few years of not winning anything to integrate youth players is a load of shite and best left to the likes of Arsenal etc. We aren't a charity, if you are good enough (Foden) you get a chance, if you are not and you impress out on loan then you get sold. Cut throat business but its the best model.
BlueMoonRisin’
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Phil Foden is indeed the cherry but we have no cake because other clubs have a as slice of it! The academy was set up to produce our own players, not to make a profit by supplying other clubs.The academy is built as extra revenue to help the clubs finances. If we produced a Phil Foden then that’s the cherry on the top!
Agree but unfortunately football is a business now whether you or I like it.
Chi-town blues
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we all know yaya left a while ago.
My only criticism on the academy is that if the goal is to make money I'm pretty sure we'd make more of it if we gave more prospects a shot to look good playing in the first team. We've have plenty who, compared to Kelechi, were as talented or more talented yet he's the top sale because he got games. And who knows, sometimes guys will surprise you and stick around.The academy is built as extra revenue to help the clubs finances. If we produced a Phil Foden then that’s the cherry on the top!
It really was the entire opposite, set up to profit indeed. We've just lucked out with Foden and are starting to see more quality