| The academy. 09:02 - Oct 7 with 4189 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 3115 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 3092 views | peenemunde |
| The academy. on 09:09 - Oct 7 by 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. |
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 3064 views | TailGunner |
Dan James was a Hull Academy product. We bought him. | | | |
| The academy. on 09:24 - Oct 7 with 3061 views | peenemunde |
| The academy. on 09:23 - Oct 7 by TailGunner |
Dan James was a Hull Academy product. We bought him. |
So well done to whoever bought him into our academy setup. 👠| | | |
| The academy. on 09:28 - Oct 7 with 3055 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 3049 views | Chief |
| The academy. on 09:14 - Oct 7 by 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. |
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 3041 views | peenemunde |
| The academy. on 09:28 - Oct 7 by TailGunner |
What about all the shite young academy players we bought in.
Far outweighs the positives.... |
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| The academy. on 09:38 - Oct 7 with 3021 views | peenemunde |
| The academy. on 09:30 - Oct 7 by 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! |
Hold on nothing. Davies came through the Academy at Swansea.
Unless you want to give credit to the Danish. | | | |
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| The academy. on 09:39 - Oct 7 with 3018 views | waynekerr55 |
| The academy. on 09:30 - Oct 7 by 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! |
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 2999 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 2995 views | Chief |
| The academy. on 09:38 - Oct 7 by peenemunde |
Hold on nothing. Davies came through the Academy at Swansea.
Unless you want to give credit to the Danish. |
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 2991 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The academy. on 09:38 - Oct 7 by peenemunde |
Hold on nothing. Davies came through the Academy at Swansea.
Unless you want to give credit to the Danish. |
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 2975 views | peenemunde |
| The academy. on 09:43 - Oct 7 by 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. |
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 2973 views | TailGunner |
| The academy. on 09:43 - Oct 7 by 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. |
No further questions your honour... | | | |
| The academy. on 09:47 - Oct 7 with 2965 views | exiledclaseboy |
| The academy. on 09:46 - Oct 7 by 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. |
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 2957 views | Chief |
| The academy. on 09:46 - Oct 7 by 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. |
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 2950 views | peenemunde |
| The academy. on 09:47 - Oct 7 by exiledclaseboy |
I think the academy is excellent. Just pointing out that you were wrong about Ben Davies. |
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 2940 views | peenemunde |
| The academy. on 09:48 - Oct 7 by Chief |
Ha ha look at him squirm.
You said Building infrastructure.
Davies was a stupid example that doesn't apply. |
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 2927 views | Chief |
| The academy. on 09:50 - Oct 7 by 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 ? |
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 2916 views | Chief |
| The academy. on 09:52 - Oct 7 by peenemunde |
You could say the money that we had for Davies who came through the Swans setup paid for all the infrastructure. |
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 2910 views | peenemunde |
| The academy. on 09:54 - Oct 7 by 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. |
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 2900 views | Chief |
| The academy. on 09:57 - Oct 7 by peenemunde |
You need to go back and read my original post again, because Davies isn’t mentioned in it at all. |
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 2862 views | peenemunde |
| The academy. on 09:59 - Oct 7 by 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 |
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 2851 views | Chief |
| The academy. on 10:10 - Oct 7 by 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. |
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 2844 views | Chief |
| The academy. on 10:10 - Oct 7 by 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. |
And your point about it being a rebrand is ridiculous too. Its a completely different beast. | |
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