U18: Man United vs. Man City

Elliott said:
Perhaps the whole my-kid-ditched-United-and-Arsenal spiel was just a bit of paternal spin-doctoring then.

Certainly didn't look too special today.
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Yeah neither us or Arsenal offered him a contract we had a lot of worries about his kicking. I heard he wasnt particularly impressive in his trial for City either which tells you all you need to know about their recruitment policy
 
jb8521 said:
Yeah neither us or Arsenal offered him a contract we had a lot of worries about his kicking. I heard he wasnt particularly impressive in his trial for City either which tells you all you need to know about their recruitment policy
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They might just in dire need of a GK for that age group tbf.
 
khoazany said:
They might just in dire need of a GK for that age group tbf.
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Well the facts speak for themselves. They have 11 players brought in from abroad in their under 18s alone. There's no way that a club brings in all these players along with the players already there thinking they could actually make it at the club its a scatter gun approach throwing money around and hoping 1 or 2 might come good and attempting to make your academy look better than it actually is and gain a bit of prestige by winning under age tournaments. It requires very little thought or scouting ability to sign kids based on reputation.
 
jb8521 said:
Well the facts speak for themselves. They have 11 players brought in from abroad in their under 18s alone. There's no way that a club brings in all these players along with the players already there thinking they could actually make it at the club its a scatter gun approach throwing money around and hoping 1 or 2 might come good and attempting to make your academy look better than it actually is and gain a bit of prestige by winning under age tournaments. It requires very little thought or scouting ability to sign kids based on reputation.
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Well as long as they stop poaching our players from the younger age groups I don't mind them spending money whatever way they want.An academy need a bit of reputation to attract top class youngsters though that's why they have to throw the money around to get a good side first.They have some very good youngsters in their rank tbf although it definitely not a smart way of investment.
 
jb8521 said:
Well the facts speak for themselves. They have 11 players brought in from abroad in their under 18s alone. There's no way that a club brings in all these players along with the players already there thinking they could actually make it at the club its a scatter gun approach throwing money around and hoping 1 or 2 might come good and attempting to make your academy look better than it actually is and gain a bit of prestige by winning under age tournaments. It requires very little thought or scouting ability to sign kids based on reputation.
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Just heard today City have offered a parent £400 a week to move his son to City, the Lad is 9!
 
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