Play Youth Against Southampton

[LadislavMplmx]

before 2008 would any of you have given a fuck who actually played if you were told we would finish in the top 2 ,,5 seasons in a row?
As a matter of interest....who was the last player to come through our Acadamy & establish themselves in the team? serious question......

The problem we have is that the youth side of the club has been ignored ever since the money ruled it unimportant. To answer your question, if Richards and Sturridge had got there heads down and got on with the job, you could have named them two. Perhaps the same could have been said of Barton. For what it's worth, we have always had youth talent, shiny new facilities or not, and most poster's who read this will have had the pleasure of seeing Lake, White and Hinchcliffe in full flow. Going back further, there was Oakes, Pardoe, Young, Donachie and Barnes, and before that was my own first blue hero of that time, David Wagstaffe. He was some winger but was sold off just before Joe Mercer was appointed, presumably to help fund our rebuilding job.

they've been" ignored" ever since we moved up to another level....wouldn't make any difference who the manager is......if they were good enough they would have been knocking on the door ages ago,

 

[LadislavMplmx]

Tbh, the kids have been looking a bit tired recently & probably play v the rags the day before, so it may not be the best time to throw them in. That would be my only reservation.

I actually despair at some of the comments on here though. I didn't realise just quite how clueless some people are:

OK so you (deluded) dreamers get your wish and we play the kids, what if we then lose say 2-0 (Saints are a good side) how you gonna feel then?
Get your own way and it proves absolutely nothing. I remember in the dark days for the odd minute believing that Paul Moulden was the answer - he was not, albeit the archetypical local hero he was nowhere near good enough. All this local boys for local teams bollocks has been outgrown by us now - when did we last produce our own player worthy of a place in the current team? It just doesn't happen anymore. The last fluke of this nature was by our neighbours - never to be repeated so stop beating yourselves up by it.
Anyway good luck you deluded tossers I don't believe MP will do this, and good on him for it, The last example of this stupid end of term demob frenzy came from the charmless Chavs and they ended up at the Hawthorns demeaning themselves despite Maureen's (self conscious, with a sense of guilt) chest beating to their fans at the end and his pathetic signal to them of we're no 1 - embarrassing git he is and well suited to that club. Let's not fall into an obvious trap, play to win and go out on a high. Let the youngsters scrap for a place on the team earned by their own merit not gifted to them as some sort of end of season empty gesture - if they were good enough they would have played by now

Sometimes I think I've read the stupidest post ever, but then incredibly, someone comes along and tops it.

And not only is it clueless, but it is factually ridiculously wrong as well. When Moulden came through, we shortly afterwards had, Lake, Hinchcliffe, Brightwell, Redmond, White, and also people like John Beresford & Darren Beckford playing at a good level elsewhere.

Some of those players would get in this squad now.

And that's all we need. Players for the squad. We don't need these kids to be Aguero, we need them to be able to contribute, so we don't end up having to sign more Javi Garcias or similar. If we get a Silva or Aguero out of it too (which we may well do) then fantastic, but all we really need, is for some of them to come into the squad, & take up the places of some of the backup 'squad' players, which saves us a fucking fortune.

As for playing them out of 'sentimentality' & other such stupid fucking ideas, we wouldn't be playing them as a reward, you fucking idiots, we would be playing them to give them experience, to try & help them realise what they will need to get them to become senior players, to benefit the fucking club.

And these arseholes who only come to City because they paid to see big names; you have no connection to the history of this club. We have always been a club which traditionally loves to see our own players come through & is willing to give them a chance & support them & enjoyed it as well, as much as watching the best 'signed' players.

Fucking plastic gloryhunters.

you seriously think any of the above players above would get in todays squad?

 

[IWasHere]

Quite disappointed Manuel has said that about the youth because the game against United is a pointless one, their season is over, just as it is with the senior team now we have finished second.

This just sounds like Manuel wanting to finish the season off with 5 straight wins after a shocking period, a loss could bring doubt back into the boards mind and I don't think he wants to risk that.

A game against united pointless tell that to the manchester lads playing in the game

They'd rather play in the first team

 

[grim up north]

Quite disappointed Manuel has said that about the youth because the game against United is a pointless one, their season is over, just as it is with the senior team now we have finished second.

This just sounds like Manuel wanting to finish the season off with 5 straight wins after a shocking period, a loss could bring doubt back into the boards mind and I don't think he wants to risk that.

A game against united pointless tell that to the manchester lads playing in the game

They'd rather play in the first team

I'm sure they would when ready

 

[Damocles]

Tbh, the kids have been looking a bit tired recently & probably play v the rags the day before, so it may not be the best time to throw them in. That would be my only reservation.

I actually despair at some of the comments on here though. I didn't realise just quite how clueless some people are:

OK so you (deluded) dreamers get your wish and we play the kids, what if we then lose say 2-0 (Saints are a good side) how you gonna feel then?
Get your own way and it proves absolutely nothing. I remember in the dark days for the odd minute believing that Paul Moulden was the answer - he was not, albeit the archetypical local hero he was nowhere near good enough. All this local boys for local teams bollocks has been outgrown by us now - when did we last produce our own player worthy of a place in the current team? It just doesn't happen anymore. The last fluke of this nature was by our neighbours - never to be repeated so stop beating yourselves up by it.
Anyway good luck you deluded tossers I don't believe MP will do this, and good on him for it, The last example of this stupid end of term demob frenzy came from the charmless Chavs and they ended up at the Hawthorns demeaning themselves despite Maureen's (self conscious, with a sense of guilt) chest beating to their fans at the end and his pathetic signal to them of we're no 1 - embarrassing git he is and well suited to that club. Let's not fall into an obvious trap, play to win and go out on a high. Let the youngsters scrap for a place on the team earned by their own merit not gifted to them as some sort of end of season empty gesture - if they were good enough they would have played by now

Sometimes I think I've read the stupidest post ever, but then incredibly, someone comes along and tops it.

And not only is it clueless, but it is factually ridiculously wrong as well. When Moulden came through, we shortly afterwards had, Lake, Hinchcliffe, Brightwell, Redmond, White, and also people like John Beresford & Darren Beckford playing at a good level elsewhere.

Some of those players would get in this squad now.

And that's all we need. Players for the squad. We don't need these kids to be Aguero, we need them to be able to contribute, so we don't end up having to sign more Javi Garcias or similar. If we get a Silva or Aguero out of it too (which we may well do) then fantastic, but all we really need, is for some of them to come into the squad, & take up the places of some of the backup 'squad' players, which saves us a fucking fortune.

As for playing them out of 'sentimentality' & other such stupid fucking ideas, we wouldn't be playing them as a reward, you fucking idiots, we would be playing them to give them experience, to try & help them realise what they will need to get them to become senior players, to benefit the fucking club.

And these arseholes who only come to City because they paid to see big names; you have no connection to the history of this club. We have always been a club which traditionally loves to see our own players come through & is willing to give them a chance & support them & enjoyed it as well, as much as watching the best 'signed' players.

Fucking plastic gloryhunters.

you seriously think any of the above players above would get in todays squad?

Do you think our Academy is pumping out graduates of that level any more?

Even the "pre-takeover" graduates mainly had decent PL careers. We've got Trippier and Mee over at Burnley, Ireland at Stoke, Barton at QPR, Suarez at Sevilla/Barca, Sturridge at Liverpool, Schmeichel at Leicester, and Micah in Italy.

 

[mosssideblue]

‏@MCFC
PELLEGRINI ON YOUTH: We will see tomorrow but I don't think they will be involved because they have an important game against United.

Expected

So thats a no then.

Shit excuse.

Would you rather he came out and said they wont be involved because there not yet good enough, which is probably more likely the truth.

 

[mosssideblue]

Bizarre really, its a completely meaningless game. Cant understand why he wouldn't include a few young players at least on the bench.

I'm sure Joe would be delighted with youth playing.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

None of the young players look anywhere near ready, so for that reason I'd rather play our strongest team. I want to see some sexy football and goals to finish the season as well as we can. Not some skinny kid giving the ball away and breaking moves down. All the kids we've played this year have been miles off the pace. I've no problem if a couple get on the bench or get a run out if we are winning, but I can't say I'm going to demonstrate outside the main entrance if they don't.

 

[blueinsa]

We play the kids and it goes wrong and the same people demanding them now will be on wanting the gaffers head on a spike for fucking up and claiming the kids are wank, Txiki needs to go etc etc etc.

As sure as night follows fucking day!

 

[moomba]

‏@MCFC
PELLEGRINI ON YOUTH: We will see tomorrow but I don't think they will be involved because they have an important game against United.

Expected

So thats a no then.

Shit excuse.

Would you rather he came out and said they wont be involved because there not yet good enough, which is probably more likely the truth.

Yes. If it's the truth I would rather he said that they werent yet ready. But I would also question how ready you have to be to get a spot on the bench in a meaningless end of season fixture. I think several of our kids are more than ready for this game.