Academy funding

[MikeSB]

Up the academy. Really?
Glad you enjoyed it and it was informative for you.
The Jack Powell one is good too

Yes 'Up the academy' was a bit tongue in cheek!

I would think that it should be for age 17/18 and older and forget the young kids as nobody knows how they will turn out ten years later. I was surprised how much money the club puts into the academy and he was just about to say how much that was when another question was asked. Basically saying even if he put another million into the club they cannot spend it on players wages, only the infrastructure and so in some way the club is stuck with them...Maybe its only marginal in costs to downgrade it to say Cat3..He was saying it was the gate money that dictates the expenditure on players wages but it was also suggested that some clubs our size are not playing by the rules..

The real problem for academy players and graduates are the injuries which take so long to heal up and why mid twenties plus is a far better age group to have and sign players..Cost dictates that of course..

What should bother the Board is the seemingly lack of quality in the academy under 21's etc..ie the future in the first team vs cost of it..