- Aug 20, 2013
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Yes i totally agree but so many of us (myself included) love the fantasy of our youth.I don't think anyone would disagree with. That so long as we win trophies, however I just hope we hold that same standard to signings.
I am willing to take the risk of playing a an academy player for massive future gains. This is no different to signings, except there is apparently less risk, but in my opinion, when you take our comparative finances into account, there are less gains to be made. No academy player whether they have have been thrown in, had a clear pathway laid out for them or given a chance as part of an agenda has ever bombed for us as much as some signings like Stambouli. However, we also have academy players who have also been as good or better than our greatest ever signings.
Football players all start from somewhere, whether it's the Estudiantes academy or an academy in Kenya, they all get their chances to eventually be bought by us. Our academy players by virtue of training at one of the top 3 academies in the richest league in the world, in a football mad country are at 16/17 better at the same age than the large majority of players we end up signings. I just want us to give them those same opportunities, to see what we have.
Why would I or anyone want a player to play if it is to the detriment of our club. It's a ridiculous notion. We all want the same thing. As long as we are successful I don't care how we get there.
I mean, i am adamant that Kane is fast becoming our greatest ever player, but it helps he came through our our youth system.