Quote Originally Posted by The_Don_ORiordan View Post
So do we close the academy? It hasn’t produced a single player good enough for Notts County in the fifth tier in all the time NA has been here.
It’s only been 18 months. The last 10/11 being with COVID. I don’t know if this has had an impact on whether they train or play.
Normally when someone questions the academy and it’s usefulness to Notts we get a number of players recommended on here. That hasn’t happened this time around which says it all really.
That all said, how often when we were in League 2 were youth players sent out on loan and came in to the National League?

I find it difficult to comprehend having an academy when the first team doesn’t have its own training complex. How could we possibly entice decent 14/15 year olds to the club? Look over the river and you will see how an academy should look.