Charlie taylor

[Jezleeds]

Agreed Jez, but lets look a little closer to home (us, as well as other Championship teams), who are (perhaps out of necessity, but sometime (at least) out of a belief that they have to), doing much the same. Abandoning large parts of their youth development for precisely the reasons you give, that such investment results only in being cherry picked by the PL (and usually with those who are picked ending up languishing on the sidelines). There are sides in our division and higher where UK-born/qualifying players are still in the majority, it can be done, it just needs long-term investment and determination (even if the rule book isn't on our side, as it is in Germany for instance).

I'm guessing you mean the new young players being brought in from abroad? I don't know a lot about our youth system now - is the previous conveyor belt of talent from Yorkshire/reasonably near Yorkshire drying up/being dismantled?

I really hope not, but it sounds from your post that it is changing rather than just being added to?

[WTF11]

I'm guessing you mean the new young players being brought in from abroad? I don't know a lot about our youth system now - is the previous conveyor belt of talent from Yorkshire/reasonably near Yorkshire drying up/being dismantled?

I really hope not, but it sounds from your post that it is changing rather than just being added to?

Others here will know my feelings towards the "investment" in Cultural Leonora, where more "hoovered up" players have been deposited to "improve" when any lessons they learn will be completely out of kilter with anything they are required to deliver in the English leagues. there ARE players in the Academy system, but whether or not that system is being nurtured as it was, hmm... can't quite see how the new coaching team are any better than their predecessors, and most have no experience in the English leagues (sound familiar?).

Other will tell you different, for sure, time and results will tell.