RamNut Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 5 hours ago, richinspain said: Only last week there was a chat show type program on the tele here where Iker Casillas was being interviewed. He said that when he went for his trial with Real Madrid (yes I know it's a different level but it still applies) there were 299 other kids went along for trials as well. Of those 299 not a single one went on to play for Madrid (it is possible that some of them went on to have careers in football elsewhere) but that is a 0.3% success rate, and only out of the kids that went along at the same time as him. I would say that we've done pretty well recently with the academy, but if the odd one escapes along the way it shouldn't be looked on as failure. Is it cost effective at £2.5m per year as compared to 5 olsson equivalents on half-barkers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 16 minutes ago, RamNut said: Is it cost effective at £2.5m per year as compared to 5 olsson equivalents on half-barkers? Almost impossible to say whether the 2.5m p/a cost will be worth it, Wassall likened Will coming back to gaining a £20m player! Spurs paid £5m for Dele Alli, is Will 4x the player than Alli? At 2.5m a year, we'd have to produce a Dele Alli every other year just to break even. I've seen people on here rate Hendrick at £5m, and even higher, personally I think 2m is optimistic. As long as it's Mel's money, and not the club's, if he's happy to spend it I see no problem, it doesn't impact the spending limits for FFP, so it's not like we could use the money better elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Great business to get money for an U21 player who's never played a league match and by all reports was nowhere near the first team. Can't be any argument. Normally an U21 player would leave by mutual consent or have their contract terminated. It's a ruthless business and the lad's 20 years old. For those saying we're now devoid of right back cover, we can loan someone in at any time it's needed and if it's just for one or two games, we can make do with the cover in the squad. But, though I can't say I've read it, hats off to him for saying nice things about the club on Twitter. Very professional. Hope the move works out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maydrakin Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 It happens everywhere. Sometimes you have a player that needs a move to fulfill their potential. Man Utd let Pique and Pogba go, they did OK. I'd wager that many more haven't, Mark O'Brien has just been loaned from Luton to Southport. Just like Nyatanga, some players just don't progress from their early promise... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 If we built a team of academy / u21 player graduates from recent years it wouldn't be that great..... ROOS HANSON. OBRIEN. NYATANGA HOGANSON . ADDISON . HENDRICK. HUGHES BARNES. BALL. BENNETT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 Whereas if you built a team of under £500k signings..... CARSON CHRISTIE. PEARCE BUXTON. FORSYTH . EUSTACE . DAWKINS. BRYSON . WARD BENT. OLSSON Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealhantsram Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 26 minutes ago, RamNut said: Whereas if you built a team of under £500k signings..... CARSON CHRISTIE. PEARCE BUXTON. FORSYTH . EUSTACE . DAWKINS. BRYSON . WARD BENT. OLSSON No Martin?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gypsy Ram Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 1 hour ago, RamNut said: If we built a team of academy / u21 player graduates from recent years it wouldn't be that great..... ROOS HANSON. OBRIEN. NYATANGA HOGANSON . ADDISON . HENDRICK. HUGHES BARNES. BALL. BENNETT No huddlestone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 1 hour ago, RamNut said: If we built a team of academy / u21 player graduates from recent years it wouldn't be that great..... ROOS HANSON. OBRIEN. NYATANGA HOGANSON . ADDISON . HENDRICK. HUGHES BARNES. BALL. BENNETT Players that have also been in our academy are Nathan Doyle, Jordan Mutch, and Jake Kean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 1 hour ago, therealhantsram said: No Martin?! Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 45 minutes ago, Gypsy Ram said: No huddlestone? How much did we get for him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 35 minutes ago, rynny said: Players that have also been in our academy are Nathan Doyle, Jordan Mutch, and Jake Kean. ....and how much did we get for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zag zig Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 16 minutes ago, RamNut said: How much did we get for him? Not enough for me but weak owners dictated that, doubt we will see that now, Hughes will one day likely test that belief. Wasn't it up to £2.5m anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rynny Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 30 minutes ago, RamNut said: ....and how much did we get for them? As 2 of them left when they were still academy players and without the guidelines and structures that are in place today, probably nothing. But if they were in our academy now then we would get a decent amount for them, IF we decided they could leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RamNut Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 27 minutes ago, Zag zig said: Not enough for me but weak owners dictated that, doubt we will see that now, Hughes will one day likely test that belief. Wasn't it up to £2.5m anyway? That was 11 years ago..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 2 hours ago, RamNut said: How much did we get for him? And wasn't dependent on him scoring a hat-trick in a european cup final, or some such crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex W Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 On 04/03/2016 at 07:35, sage said: Doyle, O'brien, Lelan, Sharp and Naylor are all playing professional football Hardly important but Hendrie is still going with York, mind you he did lose them a game recently in a side that's struggling in League Two. Not sure how much longer that professional tag will be there after this season for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 On 3/3/2016 at 19:49, sage said: Have you seen him play? Yes. He looked very strong and fast. an early big injury did not help. Obvious that he was not going to make it into the first team any season soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted March 5, 2016 Share Posted March 5, 2016 12 minutes ago, Rampage said: Yes. He looked very strong and fast. an early big injury did not help. Obvious that he was not going to make it into the first team any season soon. You g to quite a few U21 games don't you Rampage? Do you think he is championship standard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rampage Posted March 7, 2016 Share Posted March 7, 2016 On 3/5/2016 at 20:29, sage said: You g to quite a few U21 games don't you Rampage? Do you think he is championship standard? If he is Molde first team, he could have been at some point. DCFC are looking to bring Wassal's U18s through in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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