Why do we always Loose out??

[Cantona07]

Arsenal have beaten some of Europe's elite clubs for the signature of highly-rated 17 year old Swiss defender Philippe Senderos.

Celtic have trumped Manchester United for Scottish wonder-kid Michael McGlinchey.United boss Sir Alex Ferguson offered the 15 year-old a four-year deal, but he was convinced to sign with the Hoops after a personal visit from manager Martin O'Neill.

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[One Remi Moses]

Arsene Wenger has a way with youth.

 

[arnie sidebottom]

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Cue Gillespie...

 

[markorm]

Careful, Nate will be on your case.

 

[Amir]

Originally posted by Cantona07:
<strong>Celtic have trumped Manchester United for Scottish wonder-kid Michael McGlinchey.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Not every scottish teenager would want to leave home at 15 just to play for Manchester United.

 

[Neil Thomson]

Originally posted by Amir:
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Not every scottish teenager would want to leave home at 15 just to play for Manchester United.</strong><hr></blockquote>
He persuaded two others to do that, so he's not done too bad!

 

[RedorDead6899]

Originally posted by markorm:
<strong>Careful, Nate will be on your case.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Lose FFS its lose.....

 

[Amir]

Originally posted by Neil Thomson:
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He persuaded two others to do that, so he's not done too bad!</strong><hr></blockquote>

I totally agree, bringing Stewart and Fletcher was a very position thing. But some kids would just like to stay home. fair enough.

 

[Gabe]

Originally posted by Cantona07:
<strong>Arsenal have beaten some of Europe's elite clubs for the signature of highly-rated 17 year old Swiss defender Philippe Senderos.

Celtic have trumped Manchester United for Scottish wonder-kid Michael McGlinchey.United boss Sir Alex Ferguson offered the 15 year-old a four-year deal, but he was convinced to sign with the Hoops after a personal visit from manager Martin O'Neill.

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We have a young defence, which probably didn't help in trying to get the 18 year old.

A big factor in getting the talent must be the level of younghsters already competing at the club and the difficulty in breaking into the first team, the danger of getting stuck in reserve team football where they would have first team somewhere else.

But signing players young is definately the way to go economically and to maintain continuty and team spirit. SAF said at the end of last season that he wanted to revive our youth system- so we brought in new coaches and are building partnerships with other academies like Sporting and Nantes.