MadchesterCity
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It's Quiet 18 - Wanna ring the bell?
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When you get the squad on paper does look a little light. Nothing overly worrying but an addition on the wings (both sides) is vital. Mcatee and Palmer will play a part this season. I’d even keep Harwood-Bellis to cover Laporte if he actually leaves
One injury to Rodri...
birchwoodgingerste
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I reckon if gvardiol comes in he might be the middle centre back as he's very comfortable on the ball and bringing it out just a hunch.
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Could stones not be considered if Rodri gets injured?One injury to Rodri...
callumcity
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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.
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.
Yes. Yesterday.Has Phillips ever played with Stones stepping into DM though, maybe that will help him when it’s tried.
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.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.
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.
I look at it completely differently budI 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.
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?
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.
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
Linked to him where ?Honestly can't believe how quiet it is lol literally nothing on City other than the imo bollocks links to Olise.