Quote Originally Posted by Whiskyman
It would be great, imo, if we did produce some players of our own with the genuine ability to progress----with West Ham.

Morning Whisky -


Still...

Genuine ability enough for Arsenal but not for us?

What terribly high standards we must have.[/quote]

I think we've gone off track somewhere mate.

There is absolutely nothing whatsoever any club can do if another club decides to "poach" a 16 year old. Those kids are not contracted (they're not allowed to be because of their age) so when they reach 16 they effectively become fair game to all and sundry. And being brutally frank if a kid is shown round Arsenal's training complex I'd guess it would be job jobbed in most cases.

My point about us not producing players of sufficient quality to play in the PL was in response to criticism often made about the club's reluctance to blood young