Originally Posted by
pravda_plc
Interesting thread!
For me many Notts fans remember and relate to our succes in raising outstanding youth team players: Johnson, Draper, yates etc. They believe that we should and could be doing the same now but football has changed out of all recognition since then. Take into consideration the factors of:
The Bosman Ruling
Football Agents
The Premier League
...and the total financial imbalance created by these factors and it just is not going to be that easy anymore. IMO most of our younger players are just not that special and are destined to leave the club for that reason. The 'poor coaching / lack of coaching' doesn't ring true with me either because if the talent isn't there to start with, the coaching is only going to make a marginal improvement in the quality of the player.