ACADEMY....

Viera looks like a bit of a wonderkid, could go all the way to the top.

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All the current academy players are preCellino. He has made cuts and sackings so we won't know the effect of that until the next batch of players are coming through. It needs constant investment though.

Bit rich to call Vieira an academy player, he was 16 when he signed I think.

Viera isn't an academy player, we poached him. We have a few Champ level youth but top Prem youth aka Delph and Milner etc no.

Yeah I wasn't calling Vieira an academy player, jsut passing comment as he's 18

"Has someone bought out that Cellini guy?"

Curly, the trap door is 50% open, we're waiting for a few more sacks off sand to place on the rusty trap door to help force it open!..

Hopefully there's no safety net under it!..

As for the academy, how can we produce the Premier league caliber off the past?..

The player's we are producing are as good as any at this level, premier league clubs will be getting the youth that we're looking for!..

Besides, haven't ManC taken control of our recruitment area?..

There was something when Bates was here and us not having a proper scouting network and ManC coming is and taking over!..

Or was I dreaming again?.

Man City have got first dibs on kids in Leeds schools....that's the kind of thing that wasn't happening in the past....or certainly not heard of

harj, I new they had something going in our area from the around the Bates days, another fool that thought we didn't need kids/youngsters!..

this all stems from the days of the cockroach.....

Hasn't the FA put in new regulations and classes of academies nowadays? Only the top clubs in the Prem seem to have top academy status attracting all the FA money?

Not sure, seem to think it was something like that