Quote Originally Posted by holmleighchris View Post
The main reason the kids don't get picked is because our academy is useless.
Who from it has made any impact in the Prem from it? Come to that in lower divisions? Berahino is the only one. What happened to him can't be blamed on the academy.
Is there a team who has less home bred players in their team? The answer is, of course no. You can't have less than zero.
No world beaters but we've had a few players come through the academy who are/were carving out decent careers for themselves.

Off the top of my head…….

Saido Berahino (prior to his spectacular implosion)

Romaine Sawyers (doing very well with Brentford in the Championship via Walsall)

Sam Mantom (Southend United via Walsall and Sc unthorpe Utd)

Kemar Roofe (Leeds via Oxford)

Tyler Roberts (Leeds – although injured early on)

Izzy Brown (Brighton – currently injured)

……. and that’s before we get to Jerome Sinclair (Watford) and Yan Dhanda (Liverpool) who were poached from the academy by Liverpool.