SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 25 January, 2011 Posted 25 January, 2011 Tonight Arsenal will field 1! Yes 1 true academy player in Jack wilshire.All others were aquired from other teams academies. Does it show the real truth about their academy,that the only way they can raise they're own profile is to (like spoilt child) have only the best for themselves!! Hey NICOLA if your reading this , what happend to "THE BARCELONA MODEL", more like the "RUPERT LOWE MODEL". Grow some ball's FFS!! RANT OVER!!!
Thedelldays Posted 25 January, 2011 Posted 25 January, 2011 you think all our players over the years are from the southampton area do you..? OxO was a pompey once want he..?
S-Clarke Posted 25 January, 2011 Posted 25 January, 2011 Lallana was poached from Bournemouth......Dex and Mcgoldrick from Notts County.
shurlock Posted 25 January, 2011 Posted 25 January, 2011 TBF to them -in previous years, they've used the league cup to blood in their youth players and still managed to play most teams off the park.
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 25 January, 2011 Author Posted 25 January, 2011 OXO only ever played for Poopey schools side, and never for their academy(lol), as for the others did they ever sign as academy players for those sides!! Thats my point!!!
Thedelldays Posted 25 January, 2011 Posted 25 January, 2011 OXO only ever played from Poopey schools side, and never from their academy(lol), as for the others did they ever sign as academy players for those sides!! Thats my point!!! what...that we still bought these players from other clubs who initially idtentified the talent..?
SOTONS EAST SIDE Posted 25 January, 2011 Author Posted 25 January, 2011 what...that we still bought these players from other clubs who initially idtentified the talent..?OXO never played for PFC in any guise, they wanted him to sign for them but he chose Saints on the advice of his dad!! And most teams send scouts to school/boys league matches anyway!!! HTH
Alain Perrin Posted 25 January, 2011 Posted 25 January, 2011 It's not about developing them from nappies. If I was a young player I'd look at how Arsene Wenger has brought on players from raw talent into polished internationals - Wilshere, Fabregas, Walcott.... the list goes on. Ultimately, good players want to play with, and against, the best - League 1 ain't that.
Ekelund24 Posted 26 January, 2011 Posted 26 January, 2011 Lallana was poached from Bournemouth......Dex and Mcgoldrick from Notts County. I think Best was from Notts County and Blackstock was from Oxford. I can't think of the last really good youth player to be born in the Southampton area. Bale was from Cardiff, Baird from Ireland, Walcott from Newbury, OXO is from Portsmouth and Lallana from Bournemouth. I suppose you could count Surman but he is not in the class of the others in the list!
sammysaint Posted 26 January, 2011 Posted 26 January, 2011 Yea we took them players when they were young talents and not pros they were 13/14 we still had develop them from good teens to pro
Deppo Posted 26 January, 2011 Posted 26 January, 2011 Until we are in the top half of the premier we can't realistically expect to hold on to anyone half-decent. And when we are in the premier we will definitely be doing exactly what we are critising Arsenal for doing. Anyone who condemns big clubs from taking players from small clubs wouldn't be saying the same thing if Arsenal were in our position and we were in theirs. Stop whinging. If we hadn't been relegated twice we'd have had a better chance of keeping good players. It's our own fault.
Thedelldays Posted 26 January, 2011 Posted 26 January, 2011 Slightly different... I remember when forest fans were furious when we signed prutton... The then current Engalnd U21 captain and largely a big prospect What goes around etc
Deppo Posted 26 January, 2011 Posted 26 January, 2011 Slightly different... I remember when forest fans were furious when we signed prutton... The then current Engalnd U21 captain and largely a big prospect What goes around etc Turns out we did them a favour
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