Cardiff City Post Match Thoughts

[flourbasher]

TS is relying on others having good academy's, top flight clubs invest millions into youth systems, and have tens to hundreds of players across U23 and down. Very few make it all the way to the first team, that is where we need to be sharp at picking up players that they have developed and then released. The only issue we have for the 25 man squad is that we need to pick from the best u19 players so that they can be registered as club developed and not count to the 25man squad, though everyone else is also looking for those players.

Yes that’s what I seem to remember reading some time ago.

The club mentioned that One of the main downsides with having an academy was that all the best local players were snapped up by the bigger Sheffield clubs or even Manchester, Leeds and Forest who aren’t that far away etc. Therefore we had no chance of signing a few gems.

traditionally we tended to end up with some skilful players but who weren’t strong / tall enough and therefore highly unlikely to make it. The exception to this was Paul Hurst

As a consequence we made a decision that it wasn’t worth it as we were fighting a losing battle

[Walt]

We took Yates from the Doncaster Academy - I misremembered Shaun Barker - I thought we got a fee from Derby for him. I forgot all about him going to Blackpool for free before Derby.

Was it a free? Must have been out of contract?

There were a few examples like Yates ST (didn't we get Andy Monkhouse when he was released by Leeds academy) but the point was that we had a structure for apprentices/first year pros, whether they came through our youth system or not and even in those days, it was still a more regional game where less money meant it was a more local catchment for the vast majority of promising youngsters...

[millertop]

So now this is an academy thread?

Surely one of you know how to start a new thread

[fc_miller]

I thought the idea was to slower merge all threads into 1?

[gru]

Going round houses again like captain fantastic thread! We all know we can't fund both a strong academy & 1st team budget so live with it.

[fc_miller]

TBF a perfect end note, to close the thread and focus on Bristol one

[millertop]

TBF a perfect end note, to close the thread and focus on Bristol one

Erm… no it’ll end up being about academy

[scum_triumphant]

So now this is an academy thread?

Surely one of you know how to start a new thread

How shocking that a conversation with over 100 posts evolves? Who would have thought it?

[ragingpup]

Going round houses again like captain fantastic thread! We all know we can't fund both a strong academy & 1st team budget so live with it.

Oh the delicious irony!

[millertop]

How shocking that a conversation with over 100 posts evolves? Who would have thought it?

Wonder how many morewould’ve liked to have a say if only they knew a post match was about the academy