I may be wrong knev but I'm yet to see anything that conclusively proves Utd have a better record of bringing academy graduates into their first team. Certainly not recently.
Rashford is over rated and won't make it imo. If they buy well enough this summer then Lingaard will be off.
Our own record is just as bad but I'll put that down to us not having anything good enough.......yet.
One or two have come close but if Pep doesn't think they are ready then I'll trust his judgement.
I can't stress enough how much I'm not talking about players 'making it'. I'm talking about players being given the opportunity to have a go.
They wipe the fucking floor with us, in that respect. Most of them are shit, ours are better. They get in, play & move on, ours go on loan to Bury after wasting years playing shit arsed 2nd rate football & losing their edge.
We had better players, than Rashford.
Think we just have better judgment and higher standards.
No, we are just scared, unfortunately.
Their club is used to kids playing games, even shit ones & it usually being a success.
We have become scared shitless that playing a few kids costs us everything. We have had people like Kolarov dropping bollocks for half a decade, but a kid for one game, is too much of a risk.
Pep's already said untested the kids won't be playing next year.Let's see what happens this summer.
We have essentially released all of our full backs apart from Kolarov, who may go. It looks like we will bring in 2 first choice in Walker and Mendy. The shite in Clichy and Sagna etc etc that was clogging the path for, example, Maffeo, is now gone. We may see an opportunity in that respect.
If Bravo fucks off then Angus will get a chance.
It's hypothetical I know, but there are small windows now we are fucking off the dead wood.
Pep's already said untested the kids won't be playing next year.
Exactly. Let's not go off topic here. The fortunes of city or United kids is not the debate. It once again our local rag slagging us off. It's desperation i get that but some editor has passed this. Boycott it ffs. It's a rag propaganda outlet.What a bag of bollocks, written by a waste of a skin.