Quote Originally Posted by The_Don_ORiordan View Post
Fascinating. The expectation of failure resulting in failure….sums up the current view of our approach.
Clubs that rely on youngsters may fail even harder though.

Academies make sense for top clubs, who can pick the absolute best young talent and have the facilities to nurture them. But for clubs of our size, it just seems too big a risk to throw money at something that probably won't work.

The chances of a youth-team player becoming an established first-team player for a lower-league club are pretty slim. If they aren't good enough or ready enough (the vast majority), they'll go - or the club will play them and be weaker on the field. If they are genuinely talented (and we've had a few), they'll go.