trooper Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 With the emergence of ob and hendrick and ball as well as the big noises coming from derby county about mason bennett and kwame Thomas are we now starting to see the investment on out top of the range training ground bearing the fruit!! It's nice to see that we have good up and coming youngsters that hopefully will be the future of derby county if we can keep hold of them! Mason Bennett I've been told is already signed up to adidas and I did a first aid course a couple of weeks back with the under 18s physio and he told me that Bennett is the best young prospect he has ever seen.. This is from a man who watched huddlestone, barnes and others come through the ranks!! Let's hope that moor farm can continue to bear the fruit that it seems to be providing the club!! Derby county could have a decent homegrown future!! Man utds homegrown Class of 92 maybe!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MorecambeRam Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 That was the vision Mr.Pickering had of producing homegrown talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 Let's hope it comes true!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 Especally seeing as this budget cap comes in next season !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I still don't see how we can call it a farm when we don't even have any pigs or chickens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekkie_ram Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 It feels like a long time since the last breakthrough. I can't remember anyone since Tom Huddlestone, Giles Barnes & Miles Addison. And it feels like Miles has been here forever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper Posted August 23, 2011 Author Share Posted August 23, 2011 Pearson is a chicken when going for header/tackles!!, n I bet jewell n Billy boinked a few pigs there too lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 It feels like a long time since the last breakthrough. I can't remember anyone since Tom Huddlestone, Giles Barnes & Miles Addison. And it feels like Miles has been here forever. OB, Hendrick, Ball? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekkie_ram Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 OB, Hendrick, Ball? Maybe I worded it badly, I am classing this season as the first breakthrough in ages. Name one between this batch and Addison. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Maybe I worded it badly, I am classing this season as the first breakthrough in ages. Name one between this batch and Addison. Jason Beardsley, living the high life now at Mickleover Sports, that's one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex W Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Arnaud Mendy? Although not really given a shot here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost of Clough Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Greg Mills. Kallum Keane. Mitch Hanson. Ross Atkins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Arnaud Mendy? Although not really given a shot here. Signed him from a French club, not the same. Your just trying to remind us all of that interview you have lined up with him, canna fool me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekkie_ram Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Greg Mills. Kallum Keane. Mitch Hanson. Ross Atkins. Exactly, those regulars in the Derby County side, I have shirts with their names on by the bucket load (only 'cos I can't f**king sell any). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Exactly, those regulars in the Derby County side, I have shirts with their names on by the bucket load (only 'cos I can't f**king sell any). I don't really see what you're getting at - we do far far better than most clubs in turning academy players in to first teamers. The gap between Addison and this batch has been 1 or two seasons. I think we do very well for a second tier team in that respect and it proves we don't have second tier facilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekkie_ram Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I just made the observation that we had three crackers in the early/mid noughties, and then nothing for years, and now we have another exciting horizon of youth. Not sure where you've pulled the 1/2 years from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duracell Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 I just made the observation that we had three crackers in the early/mid noughties, and then nothing for years, and now we have another exciting horizon of youth. Not sure where you've pulled the 1/2 years from? Barnes and Addison were late noughties, surely? And now we're in the early twenty-teens (this era has a ridiculous name, someone needs to come up with a better one). Addison's breakthrough was 08/09. Hendrick broke through in 10/11, O'Brien made his debut the season before and might have been around more if it wasn't for his heart. The wait between Huddlestone/Holmes and Barnes/Addison was probably longer. Two seasons is hardly the wait of a life-time, is it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekkie_ram Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Tom Huddlestone - Debut & Regular: 2003/04 Giles Barnes - Debut & Regular: 2005/06 Miles Addison - Debut: 2006 Regular 2008/09 Mark O'Brien - Debut: 2009 Regular: 2010/11 Until Barker is fit Callum Ball - Debut: 2010 Regular: Isn't Jeff Hendrick - Debut: 2010 Regular: Isn't You seem to be pigeon-holing me as someone who is grumpy that we have a plethora of talent on the horizon, I am not, I am delighted that something within the club has changed to bring about this new generation of home grown talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hucknall Ram Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Maybe I worded it badly, I am classing this season as the first breakthrough in ages. Name one between this batch and Addison. There was Jordan Mutch and Jake Kean who both left early Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex W Posted August 23, 2011 Share Posted August 23, 2011 Signed him from a French club, not the same. Your just trying to remind us all of that interview you have lined up with him, canna fool me. Darn, saw right through me....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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