Tonight's football thread

[IainR]

I don't think that is true, yes we get young players, everyone does, everyone poaches clubs below them, you see it in the league. Everton moan on at Utd poaching their players, then they go and raid the likes of Wigan..

But young players come to us because they get game time early on, if good enough they play, at City that just does't happen. Would any other club have sold their 3 best players, popular with fans, to play 18-19 year olds in their place? If you are good enough you play, but you also get developed. They take a long term view because we have stability. Look at De Gea, Danbo was abusing him at will that first year, we stuck with him, developed him, now have one of the best keepers in the world. We buy to develop as well as develop within.. and have the team spirit from that.

You can lay at lot at Uniteds door not leading youth development isn't one of them

Southampton and west ham have done well too. But United have shown how advantageous it is,financially as well.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...ootball/page/8

http://www.givemesport.com/376858-ma...th-development

The fact noone answered my question re kids on other teams says it all. Geronimo can have his rants.. but actually had no response..

[Danbert Nocurry]

41 points in the bag for City. We should (hopefully) be safe for another season.

[IainR]

1-0 defeat for us today... Stenhouse Muir too strong for the mighty Brechin City, good pies though, bloody cold at Glebe Park, new flatter pitch.. pie at the start, pie at half time, and a nice soup... £12 entry for Scotland League 1...

Heard United won, gave up with them.. no appeal now the trophies have dried up..

[Richard Head]

Geronimo can have his rants.. but actually had no response..

Iain, you've got to bear in mind that the lad is from Yorkshire so football knowledge obviously won't be his strong point

[Derby Tup]

1-0 defeat for us today... Stenhouse Muir too strong for the mighty Brechin City, good pies though, bloody cold at Glebe Park, new flatter pitch.. pie at the start, pie at half time, and a nice soup... £12 entry for Scotland League 1...

Heard United won, gave up with them.. no appeal now the trophies have dried up..

Fine post Iain

[Miss July]

Geronimo can have his rants.. but actually had no response..

Iain, you've got to bear in mind that the lad supports a Lancashire club so football knowledge obviously won't be his strong point

[Swoop]

I would give the cardiff city job to phil brown he has experience of working in the premiership with a ridiculous tan

Very good!

[IainR]

that was a cracking game... 95th min equaliser... think cardiff have lost a lot of neutral fans...

[biara]

RE players coming through the system, from Arsenal you could argue Jack Wilshire hasn't done badly. Ashley Cole is another decent example. Arsenal get many at very young ages and work with them, Gibbs at 17, Jenkinson young (think 18 or 19). There was a dearth of English talent coming through but Wenger has taken youngsters through and if you look at some of Arsenals league cup teams,from previous years, quite a few have gone onto have careers, although maybe not at Arsenal.
http://www.nextgenseries.com/en/Clubs/Arsenal
says that sine Arsenal got academy status in 1998/9, 'close to 50 players have had first team experience'

[IainR]

Wilshere, Gibbs and Jenkinson have come through..

TBF to Wenger he has bought more UK players through in the past 2-3 years.. I was thinking abut that today.

Cole was a long time a go..

Man U have had a home grown player in the squad for every game since 1937... nearly 4000 games... that's a historic commitment to bringing players through and is unrivalled in the UK if not world football. Also watch any game and you see ex-youth players, today Bardsley and Campbell playing in the 5:30 game..

At the moment we are 8th in Europe in the number of first team players who came through the youth set up..