Originally Posted by
MikeSB
No, if people could just use their own brains and think how this game used to be played without one academy in sight or loan players anywhere. They would realise that football is like any other sport in that its natural talent that dictates what level you can play at. If you are brilliant like Greaves or Best, yoi get to play in the PL without ever playing in an academy. Ditto, Div 2, Div 3, National League, local league, school football etc etc etc etc..
Its not me out of touch, its most of you on here that thinks football started when Dario came to Crewe and then we went downhill as we sold all our best players...ie if you were good enough, you played higher, academies had nowt to do with anything and are basically run by amateurs who never played this game at a high level..Meanwhile another 10 million was wasted over the last 10 years and if that was FA money, then its their hardluck...How much does Barrow pay their players? Its all top secret and you will never get to know but George Ray was sacked here for not being good enough. Loans only benefit the player sitting at home on match days as they are not good enough for first team football. And so any club will do...