How much longer ?

[MikeSB]

In the last five years from memory, and happy to be corrected.
Fees received for Cooper, Colclough and Clayton
Sell on fees for Westwood and Hanley.
Not quite "nothing"

Yes, I know that but as someone just posted, no where near a million pounds all together if you disregard the sell on for Westwood when he went to Burnley and our business model was surely designed around the time when we expected players to get to a standard that PL clubs would pay the millions we got for Ashton and Powell. Surely the Board know this though don't they?

It was always my gripe that at least 50% of all incoming transfer fees should have gone ie ringfenced for the first team and not all to the academy and that would have given us a fair few million to help stay in L1 at least.

We get sick of hearing how low our first team budget is and how come Bury can afford the wages of Maynard etc? How did Accrington get all those players without an academy?

I think it's pretty obvious that most players coming from our academy over the last few years are not good enough for the PL or championship, never mind L2 and there are hundreds of players looking for clubs when we can see them here and now and not what we hope they may be in ten years time which is so pathetic imo. I also get tired of McGarry etc bragging the team has all these academy graduates then to get beat badly by teams we were far better when we were in the old fourth division...

We are back to square one almost but with a main stand a quarter full... Nice one John!