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Love that some of them have big enough balls to stand up to these cunts...
That has a hefty challenge by our lad and Drink water was filth...
That has a hefty challenge by our lad and Drink water was filth...
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Pele......eh? No pressure.
London trio Tottenham, Crystal Palace and Fulham are the only Premier League clubs not to field any players aged under 21 in the top-flight this season, a new study has revealed.
In a troubling assessment of opportunities for young talent at the capital’s top clubs, data compiled by the CIES Football Observatory also found that West Ham have only given 0.5 per cent of their League minutes to U21s.
The study found that Spurs have an average age of 27.5 in the Premier League this season but have not fielded a single U21 player, although manager Jose Mourinho has blooded a number of youngsters in the cups, including teenagers Dane Scarlett and Alfie Devine.
Scarlett, 17, made his League debut in the third minute of stoppage time against West Brom in February but the very brief cameo was not counted in the study.
Yes good point - there are some good names on there - Roles, Sterling, Tracey for 3. Interesting that Josh Onomah couldn’t get in Fulham’s starting XI. Difficult to succeed in the Premier LeagueItsbstagerimg how many lads get bumped from being the next superstar to working at Maccy D's...
Prem academies nowerdays probably have 100/200 of the best kids on their books/radars... that has eventually be whittled down into a 20 strong under (age) team...
Times that by 22 prem sides and 20 Championship sides and probably 20 league 1 sides and the numbers are truly staggering... you're tipping 15K kids from those 3 leagues who will not make it at that level/club...
Then factor in that the trickle down from the elite is inevitable and the amount of kids who make it at their academy outside the prem is probably more like 10 out of the original 100/200
You could go back a step further and think about all the lads you played with growing up in sides for school, weekend, for county etc.... and how many of them actually made it... I knew 3 out of 30 years of playing as a kid and eventually at a level where I got a few quid to play...! Probably 500/700 players and 3 signed a pro contract... its frightening.
Prem academies nowerdays probably have 100/200 of the best kids on their books/radars... that has eventually be whittled down into a 20 strong under (age) team...
Times that by 22 prem sides and 20 Championship sides and probably 20 league 1 sides and the numbers are truly staggering... you're tipping 15K kids from those 3 leagues who will not make it at that level/club...
Then factor in that the trickle down from the elite is inevitable and the amount of kids who make it at their academy outside the prem is probably more like 10 out of the original 100/200
You could go back a step further and think about all the lads you played with growing up in sides for school, weekend, for county etc.... and how many of them actually made it... I knew 3 out of 30 years of playing as a kid and eventually at a level where I got a few quid to play...! Probably 500/700 players and 3 signed a pro contract... its frightening.
Well done. Can't imagine many can lift that trophy
And yet we had three academy products in the starting XI on Sunday...oh wait, just two.It's phenomenal how many of these kids don't make it... we hear lots about them and then maybe a few snippets about their breakout season.... and nothing...