doddisalegend Posted 28 March, 2012 Posted 28 March, 2012 Picked this thread up on KUMB Are southampton the new Westham In terms of player development... Alan Shearer Matt Le Tissier Gareth Bale Wayne Bridge The Walcott Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain etc Never really connected the dots before, but they have produced some cracking players over the years. Oh, and am not being serious re the title of this thread. However, credit where credit's due, they seem to have an awesome academy Link http://www.kumb.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=139462 I thought our recent academy success where quite well known but I suppose if you're outside the PL no one notices. Anyway Interesting thread I thought.
Thedelldays Posted 28 March, 2012 Posted 28 March, 2012 we get too blinkered in thinking we have the best academy in the world...we don't...
doddisalegend Posted 28 March, 2012 Author Posted 28 March, 2012 we get too blinkered in thinking we have the best academy in the world...we don't... I think that's the point Westham fans have the same opinion of their academy but here we have a Westham fan pointing out that our academy has probably produce more talent than theirs in recent times.
Stepgar Posted 28 March, 2012 Posted 28 March, 2012 Phuck off! We're the peoples front judiah. Seriously. No we are Southampton end of.
Graffito Posted 28 March, 2012 Posted 28 March, 2012 we get too blinkered in thinking we have the best academy in the world...we don't... I suggest most of us don't think we have the best academy in the world because most of us don't have knowledge of all of the academies in the world but just out of interest who do you think does?
farawaysaint Posted 28 March, 2012 Posted 28 March, 2012 I suggest most of us don't think we have the best academy in the world because most of us don't have knowledge of all of the academies in the world but just out of interest who do you think does? Ajax? PSV? This could be interesting but I think the dutch academies are brilliant.
Danish Saint Posted 28 March, 2012 Posted 28 March, 2012 I've heard somewhere that the academies at Milan and Barcelona are OK as well. Man Utd are not too shabby either....
John Boy Saint Posted 28 March, 2012 Posted 28 March, 2012 Phuck off! We're the peoples front judiah. Seriously. No we are Southampton end of. I thought we were the Judian People's Front............ Still blessed are the Cheesemakers! Strange I thought everyone knew we had a player factory like what Crewe have churning out household names of the future.
sambosa75 Posted 28 March, 2012 Posted 28 March, 2012 Forgetting Leon Best, Nathan Dyer, Andrew Surman and Chris Baird. All doing good jobs in the Prem.
SuperMikey Posted 28 March, 2012 Posted 28 March, 2012 Come back when Saints win a World Cup. That'll never happen, ffs some of our fans are deluded.. ....the European Championships on the other hand...
Saint_clark Posted 29 March, 2012 Posted 29 March, 2012 we get too blinkered in thinking we have the best academy in the world...we don't... Nobody thinks that for god sake...
Ken Tone Posted 29 March, 2012 Posted 29 March, 2012 Were the old Southampton. I love the way this works with or without the apostrophe!
Toadhall Saint Posted 29 March, 2012 Posted 29 March, 2012 Bloody cheek the new West Ham (mind you I do get the point)! I've always kept a look out for how they were doing over the years and must admit that when we played them at SMS this season, I thought they were not even a ghost of the West Ham teams in the past that believed in playing football on the grass - Bobby Moore would have been turning in his grave. Theres a few more that could/should be on that list.
Joesaint Posted 29 March, 2012 Posted 29 March, 2012 Can't believe someone has compared LeTiss to Joe Cole. What!!!!
Sheaf Saint Posted 29 March, 2012 Posted 29 March, 2012 It's a wonderful thing to have such a good academy that continuously produces excellent prospects, but it would be even better if we actually got to see the fruits of it for ourselves rather than Arsenal/Spurs etc... Maybe if/when we return to the PL we might get a few more of the emerging starlets sticking around a while longer. It's worth noting that of all the names mentioned so far on this thread, the only one who went on to produce the goods for us instead of bailing out at the earliest opportunity of a bigger payday was MLT. Although that's probably more of a reflection on football in general than it is on the the club and/or academy.
Wiggles31 Posted 29 March, 2012 Posted 29 March, 2012 "Shearer - fair enough Le tis - great player but could have been a lot better (Joe Cole) Gareth Bale - overhyped imo, just like most british players are Wayne Bridge - He is alright, nothing to shout about Walcott - good player (could be argued that swindon had a role in his development?) Ox - See Gareth Bale (for now anyway) Personally I still think we have produced better players in the same time period." Is he comparing Le God to Joe Cole? Seriously Joe bloody Cole?! Bale and Chamberlain overhyped? Clearly this chimney sweep does not watch football.
eharty9 Posted 29 March, 2012 Posted 29 March, 2012 we get too blinkered in thinking we have the best academy in the world...we don't... i dont know you but you really do seem miserable
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