Originally Posted by
AstonAlex
Yes, Weymouth, the Academy certainly saves us a fair amount on signing on fees and initial salaries, not to mention agents' commissions. I am quite proud of the fact that for years Dario would not pay agents (with the exception of the fella that found Majid Bougherra for us as he was asked to by DG). I suspect that this may also be a contributory factor to us not getting some players over the years, but if those players were so in thrall to their agents' opinions then we were probably better off without them in the first place.