| The academy. 09:02 - Oct 7 with 4204 views | peenemunde |
All the time & money spent on building the academy infrastructure seems like time & Money well spent.....some fantastic prospects coming through to the first team now, with Dan James being the latest. ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘ðŸ‘
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| The academy. on 09:09 - Oct 7 with 3128 views | Catullus |
It has been my opinion that the academy was a waste of time in the EPL and didn't provide value for money, however the academy is now the jewel in the crown. It's given us a young squad of good footballers who know each others game, that with some good buys from Potter and it's all good.
Of course not all our young players came all the way through our system, we pinched some from other teams. | |
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| The academy. on 09:14 - Oct 7 with 3105 views | peenemunde |
Ben Davies came through the academy and was then sold for £15 million, so how you can say it didn’t provide value for money is beyond me. | | | |
| The academy. on 09:23 - Oct 7 with 3077 views | TailGunner |
Dan James was a Hull Academy product. We bought him. | | | |
| The academy. on 09:24 - Oct 7 with 3074 views | peenemunde |
So well done to whoever bought him into our academy setup. 👠| | | |
| The academy. on 09:28 - Oct 7 with 3068 views | TailGunner |
What about all the shite young academy players we bought in.
Far outweighs the positives.... | | | |
| The academy. on 09:30 - Oct 7 with 3062 views | Chief |
Hold on now, how long did Davies actually spend at our new academy!? Surely it was still being built when he was a youth player at the Swans! | |
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| The academy. on 09:34 - Oct 7 with 3054 views | peenemunde |
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| The academy. on 09:38 - Oct 7 with 3034 views | peenemunde |
Hold on nothing. Davies came through the Academy at Swansea.
Unless you want to give credit to the Danish. | | | |
| The academy. on 09:39 - Oct 7 with 3031 views | waynekerr55 |
The square root of nothing. He came via CoE and trained with the youth team at sketty
Peene's had another Regi Blinker, but I agree with his overall approach. We're unique in that we have a big catchment area with little competition. As long as a proper plan is used (which doesn't include the tail wagging the dog in the form of pushy parents or Jenkins deciding which players get to go on loan) then it's a good investment | |
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| The academy. on 09:42 - Oct 7 with 3012 views | BLAZE |
Too early to make judgements on the academy imo. The kids coming through now were either bought in, or spent most of their development in the CoE. The biggest factor in their emergence is relegation from the PL. Players like Gwion Edwards may have broke through here if we were a Championship team when he hit maturity | | | |
| The academy. on 09:42 - Oct 7 with 3008 views | Chief |
Oh right so in your original post where you talk about the investment in building infrastructure of the academy, you were also talking about the youth facilities that existed prior to Landore / Fairwood then? | |
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| The academy. on 09:43 - Oct 7 with 3004 views | exiledclaseboy |
Davies made his debut in 2012, the academy opened in 2013 and he left for Spurs in 2014. Apart from that, bang on like. | |
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| The academy. on 09:46 - Oct 7 with 2988 views | peenemunde |
Still came through the youth setup.
Splitting hairs.
Or do you as someone who is on the trust Board think the academy/ youth setup is not value for money. | | | |
| The academy. on 09:46 - Oct 7 with 2986 views | TailGunner |
No further questions your honour... | | | |
| The academy. on 09:47 - Oct 7 with 2978 views | exiledclaseboy |
I think the academy is excellent. Just pointing out that you were wrong about Ben Davies. | |
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| The academy. on 09:48 - Oct 7 with 2970 views | Chief |
Ha ha look at him squirm.
You said Building infrastructure.
Davies was a stupid example that doesn't apply. | |
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| The academy. on 09:50 - Oct 7 with 2963 views | peenemunde |
So the academy had a different name during Davies time.
A bit like your local Shop changing It’s name.....still your local shop is it not ? | | | |
| The academy. on 09:52 - Oct 7 with 2953 views | peenemunde |
You could say the money that we had for Davies who came through the Swans setup paid for all the infrastructure. | | | |
| The academy. on 09:54 - Oct 7 with 2940 views | Chief |
You are not getting this are you?
Your original post made reference to money invested in infrastructure building. That didn't happen during Davies's time. Your silly shop analogy doesn't work either. | |
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| The academy. on 09:56 - Oct 7 with 2929 views | Chief |
So you actually mean the complete opposite to your original post now then? | |
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| The academy. on 09:57 - Oct 7 with 2923 views | peenemunde |
You need to go back and read my original post again, because Davies isn’t mentioned in it at all. | | | |
| The academy. on 09:59 - Oct 7 with 2913 views | Chief |
I know he wasn't but in a later post you stupidly used the example of Davies to try and back up the point made in your original post | |
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| The academy. on 10:10 - Oct 7 with 2875 views | peenemunde |
So Daves came through the centre of excellence as it was called then.
The centre of excellence was then rebranded and called the academy.
It’s a bit like saying Allchurch never played for Swansea city, because they were Swansea Town at the time....it’s called splitting hairs.
Davies came through the Swans setup and the club made £15 million from him.
The remark regarding infrastructure, was that spending millions on the academy is now paying off. | | | |
| The academy. on 10:15 - Oct 7 with 2864 views | Chief |
So now your original point is incorrect. Because you are now saying that the investment you spoke of relates to the time before the academy/Landore was built when very little money was out in that time. | |
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| The academy. on 10:16 - Oct 7 with 2857 views | Chief |
And your point about it being a rebrand is ridiculous too. Its a completely different beast. | |
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