Devante Cole: "City don't care about English kids"

[We're not really here]

I've never said they would make it. Just that they deserved the opportunity to have a go & would have been perfectly able to come on & do so.

You are completely wrong about Pep at Barca. He used about 15-20 academy kids in his time there, most of whom nobody has heard of since but a few we have. They still won stuff & played great football. The idea using kids costs a club, is nonsense made up by people on here.

You keep using Pep as a guide. Two things, and by the way this is virtually from the horses mouth, Pep benefitted from a system that had been in place for over a decade. It took time to bear fruit. Secondly having a B team in the second tier is a huge advantage. Youngsters over here only get to play against other youngsters. Since the demise of reserve teams this has been a real problem. The league needs restructuring asap.
You seem to be an expert on matters. What is your background in the game? Are you involved in professional football?

 

[Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot]

Nonsense Terry, Hart, Cole, Campbell, Shearer to name a few.

These were from the top of my head so granted I probably missed one or two.

Shearer I'll give you, I'm shocked I actually forgot about Shearer to be honest.

Hart is debatable, although a very good keeper he lets himself down with certain aspects of his game that stops him being quality in my eyes.

Cole do you mean Ashley? Joe? Andy? If you mean Joe or Andy then I'd disagree, Ashley Cole maybe I'd let you have but again I probably wouldn't class as quality.

Terry and Campbell I could and should probably give you to be fair.

 

[Tim of the Oak]

You probably see 3 or 4 top 4 quality English players come through in the space of 10 years, the 90's it was Scholes, Beckham and Owen. The 00's it was Lampard, Gerrard and Rooney now in the 2010's it's only Sterling and Kane I can think of that are top 4 club quality.

Butland and possibly Stones!

 

[Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot]

Butland and possibly Stones!

Yeah, well that's until Butland starts playing more for England and gets the England goalkeeper curse!

 

[Tim of the Oak]

Yeah, well that's until Butland starts playing more for England and gets the England goalkeeper curse!

Yes but in Joe and Butland England have two great keepers. Fingers crossed!

 

[Tricky Dickys Right Foot Shot]

Yes but in Joe and Butland England have two great keepers. Fingers crossed!

Well regarding the goalkeeper situation it's probably the best we've been in for a while, the only downfall is you go from Hart and Butland to Robert Green and Ben Foster

 

[domalino]

 

[Rolee]

Obviously Bradford don't care about English kids either.

 

[CrownPointBlue]

Sweet karma for billy big bollocks & his repulsive money grubbing Old man.

Clogs to clogs in two generations.

 

[blueinsa]

He is that good and we have made such a huge mistake out of all the clubs in world football ready to make good on our bad, Fleetwood Town won the race.

Best of luck to the lad but some on here need to give their heads a wobble.