brite blu sky wrote:it would be great if they streamed the games, especially as they film them anyway. I just wonder if they have decided against it on the basis it might start to give too much public profile to the kids and academy leading to undue pressure from fans. Dunno. From a fans point of view i think it would be great. Would be interesting what the club thought about it... Chris Nield ?
Beefymcfc wrote:I thought the Academy had gone to pot since Jim left?
stockportblue wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:I thought the Academy had gone to pot since Jim left?
If the plans for the academy come to fruition it will surpass the Jim Cass era by a long way.There are still a fair few good players that were recruited and trained from the previous regime.Todays games were both good performances although in the case of the under 18s if they played Arsenal in the fa youth cup the Arsenal under 18 side would be a lot stronger with players like Afobe and Aneke who are already in their reserve side but are still eligible to play at under 18 level.
For me today the most pleasing part of the performance was how well some of Citys first year apprentice lads did.
Abu Dhabi wrote:Ted, it was £10,000 watches, not 10 watches ;)
Beefymcfc wrote:I thought the Academy had gone to pot since Jim left?
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:I thought the Academy had gone to pot since Jim left?
last season seemed to be pretty bad as far as results go. At least compared to Cassell era. However, I have no idea about this years crop. This Bunn lad for example seems to have come from nowhere. Scored for the reserves on the week as well.
Ted Hughes wrote:Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:I thought the Academy had gone to pot since Jim left?
last season seemed to be pretty bad as far as results go. At least compared to Cassell era. However, I have no idea about this years crop. This Bunn lad for example seems to have come from nowhere. Scored for the reserves on the week as well.
Tbf it's about producing players though not results. It's not always the best team that produces the best players, like when SWP came through. Can't remember the team Ireland was in being especially good either, or him being that good in it tbh.
Bunn has been there a while, his dad Frankie Bunn is one of the coaches. I think we have hopes for a few in that group & some of the lads we've recruited from Leeds, Swindon etc have started to get noticed. I've only seen snippets of them but new signing Henshall looks good amongst that age group & I think he's a fair bit younger.
Ted Hughes wrote:Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:I thought the Academy had gone to pot since Jim left?
last season seemed to be pretty bad as far as results go. At least compared to Cassell era. However, I have no idea about this years crop. This Bunn lad for example seems to have come from nowhere. Scored for the reserves on the week as well.
Tbf it's about producing players though not results. It's not always the best team that produces the best players, like when SWP came through. Can't remember the team Ireland was in being especially good either, or him being that good in it tbh.
Bunn has been there a while, his dad Frankie Bunn is one of the coaches. I think we have hopes for a few in that group & some of the lads we've recruited from Leeds, Swindon etc have started to get noticed. I've only seen snippets of them but new signing Henshall looks good amongst that age group & I think he's a fair bit younger.
ant london wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:I thought the Academy had gone to pot since Jim left?
last season seemed to be pretty bad as far as results go. At least compared to Cassell era. However, I have no idea about this years crop. This Bunn lad for example seems to have come from nowhere. Scored for the reserves on the week as well.
Tbf it's about producing players though not results. It's not always the best team that produces the best players, like when SWP came through. Can't remember the team Ireland was in being especially good either, or him being that good in it tbh.
Bunn has been there a while, his dad Frankie Bunn is one of the coaches. I think we have hopes for a few in that group & some of the lads we've recruited from Leeds, Swindon etc have started to get noticed. I've only seen snippets of them but new signing Henshall looks good amongst that age group & I think he's a fair bit younger.
To be fair though....were "last year's crop" very much a Jim Cassell legacy production??? It will surely be a good 3 years or so before we have an academy side that is definitively post-Jim won't it
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