tolmie's hairdoo said:The biggest indictment of this Ducker piece is that it could easily have been written from home (and probably was).
It offers nothing but quotes and stats which have long been in the public domain, from players no longer relevant.
The fact he has also chooses to use Blackett and McNair as a barometer, when he could easily have referenced Pozo's three appearances this season, or Angelino selected for the bench, shows him for what he is.
He obviously believes United would have introduced these players, regardless of their injury list.
As for well-paid? Do me a favour. He's the equivalent of a top-half League One side.
john@staustell said:tolmie's hairdoo said:The biggest indictment of this Ducker piece is that it could easily have been written from home (and probably was).
It offers nothing but quotes and stats which have long been in the public domain, from players no longer relevant.
The fact he has also chooses to use Blackett and McNair as a barometer, when he could easily have referenced Pozo's three appearances this season, or Angelino selected for the bench, shows him for what he is.
He obviously believes United would have introduced these players, regardless of their injury list.
As for well-paid? Do me a favour. He's the equivalent of a top-half League One side.
I should think he will shut the fuck up about Mcnair after last night.
Based on the evidence of last night the corpse of Bobby Moore would have been more use than McNair. Anyway, back on topic.adr2.8i said:i was under the impression that Mcnair was the next Bobby Moore? ?
I should have said "too well paid".tolmie's hairdoo said:The biggest indictment of this Ducker piece is that it could easily have been written from home (and probably was).
It offers nothing but quotes and stats which have long been in the public domain, from players no longer relevant.
The fact he has also chooses to use Blackett and McNair as a barometer, when he could easily have referenced Pozo's three appearances this season, or Angelino selected for the bench, shows him for what he is.
He obviously believes United would have introduced these players, regardless of their injury list.
As for well-paid? Do me a favour. He's the equivalent of a top-half League One side.
BigOscar said:Out of interest, if our academy was already churning out world class homegrown players year after year, why the fuck would we have just spent £150m completely re-doing it? Their logic makes no sense. We've not been producing enough youth players of a high enough quality, so we are taking steps to rectify that. Surely that's just basic common sense?
Neville Kneville said:At the time of the takeover, most of the academy talent we had, was flawed in some way (some frighteningly so as we have found out in recent years).
Some had ability but were missing in many other respects. One of the biggest differences now, is not just ability, it's football intelligence. The physical or athletic stuff matters quite a lot in the Premier League particularly for defenders etc, & that may be the thing which bars quite a few from succeeding in the future, but most of the kids who appear in the next few years, will be much much smarter as footballers, than even the most talented ones from the recent past.
And that incudes the English kids, who play more like Europeans rather than looking at their own feet & charging head first or whacking long balls everywhere to show off .
Next time we get a kid who has skill, & bit of pace & can handle the physicality, chances are he will also be an itelligent footballer, who understands all about pass & move, & that's what will give him a better chance of making it at City, than the kids we have had in recent times.