| Turned over to watch that other team 13:17 - Aug 20 with 2696 views | Illinoisblue |
My word, Milwall are a shambles |  |
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| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:19 - Aug 20 with 2640 views | pointofblue |
Think Norwich might be a real threat this year. Which is typical. |  |
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| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:20 - Aug 20 with 2636 views | le2blue |
the sister worriers are looking good as well. They seem to have a good one in Rowe. |  | | |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:23 - Aug 20 with 2584 views | TRUE_BLUE123 |
Pains to say it.
Norwich look really good. |  |
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| But wouldn't it be good if we both went up on 13:24 - Aug 20 with 2573 views | Dyland |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:19 - Aug 20 by pointofblue |
Think Norwich might be a real threat this year. Which is typical. |
And Nodge then did their typical yo-yo straight back down, whilst Town emulated 2000/1. |  |
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| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:27 - Aug 20 with 2505 views | tonybied |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:23 - Aug 20 by TRUE_BLUE123 |
Pains to say it.
Norwich look really good. |
As funny as it would be to see them fail I'm not adverse to the idea of both of us getting promoted. It would be awesome to have a premier League derby once again. |  | | |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:30 - Aug 20 with 2446 views | LankHenners |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:20 - Aug 20 by le2blue |
the sister worriers are looking good as well. They seem to have a good one in Rowe. |
The jammy gits always seem to find some youth prospect who ends up being brilliant and who can be sold for a large amount down the line. |  |
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| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:34 - Aug 20 with 2371 views | pointofblue |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:30 - Aug 20 by LankHenners |
The jammy gits always seem to find some youth prospect who ends up being brilliant and who can be sold for a large amount down the line. |
It’s the result of having a strong academy. It’s an area Evans abandoned and Gamechanger don’t seem to be rectifying to the level required. | |
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| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:35 - Aug 20 with 2351 views | Illinoisblue |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:19 - Aug 20 by pointofblue |
Think Norwich might be a real threat this year. Which is typical. |
And strugglers such as Hull and Birmingham appear rejuvenated. It’s why I despise all the stupid blogs and social accounts touting us as some amazing team. We’re about half a mile into a marathon. | |
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| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:42 - Aug 20 with 2225 views | GlasgowBlue |
And Norwich have greatly improved since last season. |  |
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| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:43 - Aug 20 with 2205 views | GlasgowBlue |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:30 - Aug 20 by LankHenners |
The jammy gits always seem to find some youth prospect who ends up being brilliant and who can be sold for a large amount down the line. |
Good academy plus Premier League money over the past 15 years of going up and down. | |
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| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:44 - Aug 20 with 2193 views | BLUEBEAT |
Lots of empty seats there.
Think I read they’re about to sell the curly haired man. |  |
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| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:50 - Aug 20 with 2120 views | Churchman |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:34 - Aug 20 by pointofblue |
It’s the result of having a strong academy. It’s an area Evans abandoned and Gamechanger don’t seem to be rectifying to the level required. |
Hard to have a strong academy when you’ve basically abandoned your own area and are rotting away in L1 after decades of under investment and failure.
It’s a bit harsh to suggest Gamechanger don’t seem to be rectifying to the level required. You first have to get a footprint in your area, sort out your facilities, staffing, community stuff and scouting network etc. You have to stimulate interest in your club, establish an identity beyond a rest home for the pension seekers, journeymen and dross with a tree growing out of the roof. They’ve been doing that.
Establishing a youth system that actually works for us will take time and with the provision of new pitches etc I’ve no doubt they’re working on it. Cat 1 and the CEOs lukewarm response to it? That’s always raised an eyebrow with me, but I don’t know enough about it.
The likes of Alan Lee have been pretty scathing about the lack of players that have come through and the point is well made, despite the emergence of Woolfy and Cameron H. It couldn’t continue as it was and given recruitment I doubt it is. I expect and hope this is raised at the next forum with McKenna and Ashton. |  | | |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 14:02 - Aug 20 with 1958 views | pointofblue |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:50 - Aug 20 by Churchman |
Hard to have a strong academy when you’ve basically abandoned your own area and are rotting away in L1 after decades of under investment and failure.
It’s a bit harsh to suggest Gamechanger don’t seem to be rectifying to the level required. You first have to get a footprint in your area, sort out your facilities, staffing, community stuff and scouting network etc. You have to stimulate interest in your club, establish an identity beyond a rest home for the pension seekers, journeymen and dross with a tree growing out of the roof. They’ve been doing that.
Establishing a youth system that actually works for us will take time and with the provision of new pitches etc I’ve no doubt they’re working on it. Cat 1 and the CEOs lukewarm response to it? That’s always raised an eyebrow with me, but I don’t know enough about it.
The likes of Alan Lee have been pretty scathing about the lack of players that have come through and the point is well made, despite the emergence of Woolfy and Cameron H. It couldn’t continue as it was and given recruitment I doubt it is. I expect and hope this is raised at the next forum with McKenna and Ashton. |
The lukewarm reaction to Category 1 is what I was referring to. Part of me wonders if they’re considering the Brentford model in disbanding the academy and picking up young players discarded by Category One clubs. | |
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| Turned over to watch that other team on 14:03 - Aug 20 with 1954 views | Stu_boy |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 13:44 - Aug 20 by BLUEBEAT |
Lots of empty seats there.
Think I read they’re about to sell the curly haired man. |
I've heard there is interest from leeds which makes sense given the connection with farke. Hopefully, leeds wont sign him until the last couple of days of the window by which time we would have played them and ncfc will have minimal time to replace him this window | | | |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 16:29 - Aug 20 with 1387 views | RegencyBlue |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 14:02 - Aug 20 by pointofblue |
The lukewarm reaction to Category 1 is what I was referring to. Part of me wonders if they’re considering the Brentford model in disbanding the academy and picking up young players discarded by Category One clubs. |
Trying to get Cat1 these days is next to impossible. The existing Cat1 Academies have virtually pulled up the drawbridge and want to hold on to the advantages that status gives them.
Another legacy of the Evans disaster unfortunately. Even Evans ultimately recognised he had made a huge error and tried to rectify it later on but by then it was too late.
In short, for the sake of saving a few quid, we didn’t go for Cat1 status right at the beginning of the system, which has consequences to this day! |  | | |
| Turned over to watch that other team on 16:44 - Aug 20 with 1276 views | EastAnglianBoy |
Norwich made them look a shambles.. | | | |
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