The official EDS and academy thread 2011/12
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LoveCity said:
In what way would City "mess around" with him unless they were not sure of his talent? City are signing players left, right and center, so they would not dilly-dally on signing a talented player. On the face of it, City and Liverpool offered similar terms both to Crewe and the player..
More likely, he thinks Liverpool is his dream club or some shit like that...
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Jumanji said:Jules Ntcham (holding the flag thing):
Da Silva's have a french brother?
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LoveCity said:
Another for the bizarre signing list.
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FantasyIreland said:
why bizarre ? picking a player up in the hope he will train on is not an exact science, besides he cost nothing, he certainly did cost 7 million
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r.soleofsalford said:
I would agree it's a bizzare one.I fully understand the idea that a young player might "train on" (isn't that more a term for horses?) but our scouts and those who make decisions must surely be able to tell at 18 or so whether a player has that something ,that raw material that might just make it. This lad just didnt fall into that potential category.
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r.soleofsalford said:
Because he has never looked close to being good enough and has taken up a valuable squad place.
Mario's mate perhaps....?
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FantasyIreland said:
...hence why he was loaned to oldham and then to the south coast
Nice article about albert rusnak and the recent tournement.
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/the-youngsters-who-let-their-football-do-the-talking#page1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.thenational.ae/sport/footbal ... king#page1</a>
When Albert Rusnak first arrived in England in early 2008, taken there by a scout from his native Slovakia, he was 13 years old and could not speak a word of English.
His impressive football skills, however, trumped the language barrier and the youngster earned a place at the Manchester City Academy.
The club enrolled him at a school and within a year he was speaking fluent English. On the pitch, his development matched his success at English, and the youngster blossomed under the tutelage of Steve Eyre, the then coach of City's youth team.
Rusnak, 17, is now a member of City's Elite Development Squad (EDS), and hopes to make his first team debut soon. He also has ambitions of making it to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with Slovakia, and given his recent performances, those dreams might soon come true.
The bustling midfielder impressed at the Al Ain International Juniors Championship last week where he was voted the player of the tournament as City regained the title they had won in 2010. They remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, defeating Al Ain, Valencia, Inter Milan and the UAE Under 17 team.
Mark Allen, the manager of the City junior team, was delighted with their triumph. They had brought, in his words, "quite a strong group" to Al Ain, which included several other EDS players such as George Evans, Courtney Meppen-Walter and Jordi Hiwula. The group also had six players from the club's Under 16 squad.
Allen described their success as a "fantastic advert for the club's development programme", but refused to single out any individuals for praise.
"I always shy away from that because I don't like putting pressure on the boys," he said. "But you can see for yourself, some good players there.
"It [the Al Ain tournament] is very good for the boys to learn because we hope one day, some of these might play in Qatar in the 2022 World Cup. So they will have to get used to the climate."
Before that, though, Allen is hoping many of his youngsters will graduate to the club's first team. City's youth system is one of the most respected in England, having produced 35 professional players since 1998, which is the most by any English Premier League club. Fourteen of these players are still at the club.
The club have also played a pioneering role in the formation of the new NextGen series, which is a continental championship for young players and styled on the Champions League.
Since the 2008 takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited, there has been an even greater emphasis on developing more talent through the youth system, much in the manner of the Spanish giants Barcelona, who can field a first XI consisting purely of players who have come through their youth system.
"I think the owners have been very clear that moving forward, they want us to produce from the academy, and that's been very clear," Allen said. "We have been well supported by the owners who have been absolutely superb.
"At the academy, it takes much longer because you have to invest sometimes five or even seven years. But we are starting to see some boys coming through now with the programme and philosophy. So we have fingers crossed that we will develop some good players."
By all reckoning, Rusnak is one of those players destined to succeed. And Abu Dhabi retains a special place in his heart.
"I was in Abu Dhabi filming [an advertisement for the Manchester City Academy] and it was an amazing experience, probably something I won't do ever again, like filming in a desert, going through camels, through hotels and fountains," he said. "It was just amazing."
<a class="postlink" href="http://www.thenational.ae/sport/football/the-youngsters-who-let-their-football-do-the-talking#page1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.thenational.ae/sport/footbal ... king#page1</a>
When Albert Rusnak first arrived in England in early 2008, taken there by a scout from his native Slovakia, he was 13 years old and could not speak a word of English.
His impressive football skills, however, trumped the language barrier and the youngster earned a place at the Manchester City Academy.
The club enrolled him at a school and within a year he was speaking fluent English. On the pitch, his development matched his success at English, and the youngster blossomed under the tutelage of Steve Eyre, the then coach of City's youth team.
Rusnak, 17, is now a member of City's Elite Development Squad (EDS), and hopes to make his first team debut soon. He also has ambitions of making it to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with Slovakia, and given his recent performances, those dreams might soon come true.
The bustling midfielder impressed at the Al Ain International Juniors Championship last week where he was voted the player of the tournament as City regained the title they had won in 2010. They remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, defeating Al Ain, Valencia, Inter Milan and the UAE Under 17 team.
Mark Allen, the manager of the City junior team, was delighted with their triumph. They had brought, in his words, "quite a strong group" to Al Ain, which included several other EDS players such as George Evans, Courtney Meppen-Walter and Jordi Hiwula. The group also had six players from the club's Under 16 squad.
Allen described their success as a "fantastic advert for the club's development programme", but refused to single out any individuals for praise.
"I always shy away from that because I don't like putting pressure on the boys," he said. "But you can see for yourself, some good players there.
"It [the Al Ain tournament] is very good for the boys to learn because we hope one day, some of these might play in Qatar in the 2022 World Cup. So they will have to get used to the climate."
Before that, though, Allen is hoping many of his youngsters will graduate to the club's first team. City's youth system is one of the most respected in England, having produced 35 professional players since 1998, which is the most by any English Premier League club. Fourteen of these players are still at the club.
The club have also played a pioneering role in the formation of the new NextGen series, which is a continental championship for young players and styled on the Champions League.
Since the 2008 takeover by the Abu Dhabi United Group Investment and Development Limited, there has been an even greater emphasis on developing more talent through the youth system, much in the manner of the Spanish giants Barcelona, who can field a first XI consisting purely of players who have come through their youth system.
"I think the owners have been very clear that moving forward, they want us to produce from the academy, and that's been very clear," Allen said. "We have been well supported by the owners who have been absolutely superb.
"At the academy, it takes much longer because you have to invest sometimes five or even seven years. But we are starting to see some boys coming through now with the programme and philosophy. So we have fingers crossed that we will develop some good players."
By all reckoning, Rusnak is one of those players destined to succeed. And Abu Dhabi retains a special place in his heart.
"I was in Abu Dhabi filming [an advertisement for the Manchester City Academy] and it was an amazing experience, probably something I won't do ever again, like filming in a desert, going through camels, through hotels and fountains," he said. "It was just amazing."