Maybe I am way off, and that this is a feeling it is easy to have each year, but do we not have extremly many good players in our academy, also compared to earlier years? It seems like we have quite a bounch of very young players - even in this context. Welbeck is probably not more than 15 years old and is already in the U18. Eikrem, Galbraith, Amos, Derbyshire and McCormack is still only 16 years old.
Our U16 team seems incredible. And four of our players have been a part of Englands U16 team squad. Welbeck and Norwood played for Englands U16 team when they where 14 years old. And several of our U16 players - only 15 years old - have already played for our U18 team.
I remember Meulensteen said that we where starting to see the results of new training methods in our acadamy. He also claimed that the players in the age between 12-15 years old where several levels above players in other clubs at the same age, because of these methods. What do you say Tony, do you see the same pattern?