Quote Originally Posted by Jeremy vine View Post
but if you don't have the money to pay for it, then you cant go crying to the government or fans for money to bail you out . Leeanne dempster curtailed the hibs academy for 12 months due to costs surely anyone with any savvy would have been looking to do this as well.
They did have the money to pay for it. Then Covid happened. Surely the owner should be applauded for trying to keep the youngsters in playing, keeping their mental health in check, keeping their progression going to the best of their ability.

Will you be moaning about it in a few years time where we've either made money from these young players or we have a team full of academy players that are plying their trade (hopefully successfully) in the Premiership? Okay we cant see the future and you never know what will happen, but keeping the academy running surely makes the above more likely to happen than if we'd just stuck it in cold storage for god knows how long?

This has all been blown out of proportion simply because the owner and TA have been candid about how difficult its been. Other clubs in the league have had to pay off managers, sign players because they are worried about relegation, where we have given ourselves a decent shot at being able to sign 0 players this window (remember Fuchs and McNulty were signed well into the start of the season) and still manage to be comfortable in the league.

The future may be cloudy for all clubs but keeping our academy players progressing throughout this time will make sure the future will eventually be Tangerine