Skip Donoghue
Well-Known Member
It could have been a total goal tally over several small games played in 1day?
To change the subject does any1 know any city lads who were with Utd but signed for us ,don't want names just stats ,
Sick off the rags bitching on there site about us ,they have been at it for years .
I know of 1 lad who left United to join City and he was very highly thought of by United and had been chased by City previous to him signing at U9 for United
I won't mention names but the reason he signed for United and not City in the 1st place was because his older brother was already at United (United bought him from Liverpool by the way at U12) for this lad and his parents for logistic reasons decided it would be easier with work etc if they both went to the same academy
A couple of years down the line the older boy was then released by United at the end of his U14s and by this time the younger lad who was flying I must add playing up an age group was an U10 playing for the 11s, I think, the family weren't happy about the older boy being released but accepted it but they we're becoming very disalutioned with the quality of the coaching at United (the father of the lads is an ex professional rugby league players so knows a little about coaching intensity etc)
Any way the older boy goes to Burnley and is signed by them but when Burnley ask the father and I quote "what the hell have United been doing with your lad for the last few years? He has no game understanding whatsoever" he basically didn't know what his role should be in the team and what was expected of him, this for the dad is the straw that breaks the camels back, he knows City will take his younger son in a heartbeat so sets the ball in motion, he pulls him out of Uniteds academy and his parting shot is " you have ruined my oldest son, I am not letting you do the same to the young one" United are devastated as the younger brother is quality for his age and expected to go a long way, so he joins City and we pay the required compensation
All the rubbish you hear about financial incentives, houses, cars, etc is bollocks and is made up by United to try to justify why they have lost a top prospect to City, the father gets expenses every month from City for ferrying his son around etc when required and for Scouting as do a lot of the other players parents at City oh and United and every other club who can afford it, so not exclusive to us
United with there arrogance lost a very highly rated prospect to City due to the fact the coaching was sub standard and dated, they also thought the father wouldn't take his youngest boy away because as they like to say "we are Man United" in other words there is no one to compete with us, haha how wrong, if they had just kept the older lad (common sense) until the end of U16s the younger son would no doubt still be with them, but like I say the arrogance that surrounds the club cost them on this occasion
This is why the current needle between the two clubs at the lower end of the youth is there United are adamant City poached one of there highly rated youngsters, but when you know as I do what went on it was Uniteds own fault that they lost the kid simple as that