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Potter in for Celina 22:55 - Jan 18 with 13976 views

Headmaster

According to Alan Nixon from The S*n.

[Post edited 21 Apr 2020 11:43]

Potter in for Celina on 12:05 - Jan 20 with 1548 views

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Potter in for Celina on 11:43 - Jan 20 by Badlands

Potter stripped the older quality out of the academy last season and we released quite a few so the player who might come through won't be ready for another season or two.
In the past three seasons players coming through the academy into professional football eih for us, for a few quid or for themselves has been impressive.
But even youngsters look to Swansea and see us as being the back of beyond.

But look at the figures -
'Category one status means the price of running Swansea's academy is thought to be around £4m a year due to facilities, staffing levels and travel costs involved.' (BBC)
As well as the big figure transfers we also need to look at the value those players gave us when plying at Swansea (McBurnie type import could have cost more than £4 million in transfer or loan fees) and he players 'finished' at the academy such as Chanda, Fulton, Byers.
The value of having Roberts, Rodon, Cabango Grimes, Byers, Fulton and other coming through - Garrick, B.Coooper and those who should come through such as Rushesha, Cullen, John, O.Cooper, Paulet, de Boer and Govea. and
And we have players to return or have just returned from loans who could add to that value - Zabret, Lewis, Harries, Benda, Price,
Southampton went Ito League one but maintained their academy and it paid off.
On leaving the EU cheap imports, who have to reach the standard needed to meet the UK and FA regulations in order to be granted international clearance, will fall significantly.
So do we keep the academy for a little over what we paid for Peterson or not?

Generous to say the academy contributed towards Dhanda's development. Played a handful of times for the u23s for fitness, always trained with the first team.

Declan John is 24 with 70+ senior games to his name before he arrived. Cost half a million. Doubt Fulton is worth more than he originally cost up front tbh.

I don't expect de Boer or Govea to progress. The former doesn't do enough, the latter has been injured for 18 months, a week or two here and there excepted.

Zabret, Harries and Price will be out of contract at the end of the season. Tom might get an extension to make up the numbers but I think we have better midfielders younger than him (Williams, Clarke).