In an ideal world we would always have high quality youth products in the team.
The problem is when the academy stops producing players that can mix it with the very best.
And like I said, it's only ever really been the Babes and the '92 lot that could mix it with the very best as a proper basis for a side, otherwise apart from one or two we've not had much success.
Especially in the last 15 years or so, how many players have we held onto from the academy that have been anything more than utility players?
I actually agree that in the last decade our output has been disappointing and there are probably a number of factors contributing to that.
But to say that it's only the 'Busby Babes' and the 'Class of 1992' who could mix it and there are only one or two other players who have given us success isn't actually accurate.
The following youth players all contributed to FA Cup and League success, many of them internationals.
Late 1940's - Crompton, Carey, Aston, Cockburn, Anderson, Pearson, Mitten, Morris, Redman
Busby Babes - Foulkes, Byrne, Colman, Jones, Edwards, Blanchflower, Whelan, Viollet, Pegg, Charlton, Scanlon
Early 1960's - Brennan, Giles, Stiles, Gaskell
Mid 1960's - Rimmer, Noble, Fitzpatrick, Burns, Kidd, Sadler, Best, Aston
1970's - McIlroy, Greenhoff, Albiston, Nicholl, McCreery
1980's - Duxbury, Whiteside, Blackmore, Hughes, Davies, Martin, Giggs
Class of 1992 - Beckham, Butt, Neville, Neville, Scholes (although Phil Neville was later)
2000's - Brown, O'Shea, Fletcher
2010's - Evans, Welbeck
Obviously other players have come through, and even played internationally, but couldn't break into the team on a consistent basis.
So saying it has been two group with a couple of exceptions is quite wide of the mark.
It will be very interesting to see how we re-address the output over the last 5-10 years.