moonay
Vital Football Legend
My point was John that if we had sold any of those 3 under "normal" conditions, then we'd have recouped a lot more money than we actually did.Plenty look good but never make the grade. Time will tell. Moonay. We have had good players before. Miles better. was only under the Whelan years. That we didn’t bring any. To the first team
As for the point that I think you're trying to make (re us having better players pre Whelan), I can only assume that you mean those like Quinn, Langley, Newell, Lowe, Walsh, etc. The thing is, they weren't the product of our own youth set-up, but we found them by local scouting. So, I suppose there's an argument that we should maybe focus our efforts in that direction, but the world has changed now .......... kids are being signed up by clubs whilst still at primary school.
Also, we were bringing players into (at the time) Leagues 3 and 4 .......... not the top two divisions where we've (generally) been for most of the last 18 years.
Give the academy time. It will work.............. add in some decent scouting too, and we may get out of this shitehole we're currently in.