Teach me to dip my toe into NSC U23/Academy/Development waters quoting this , that, and the other where there already is an incredibly useful (and more reliable!) expert on hand over the water...
PS: Some of the stats i quoted came via...
Your game, your rules.
But development doesn't stop at 20.
And defining "products of BHA" is bloody difficult. Is Jack Harper, who arrived aged 18, a product of BHA or Real Madrid or ??
You'd concede Peter Ward here though. Even if its admittedly 40 long years ago. Meets all of your criteria above.?
Was Glenn Murray the finished article when he joined us in 2008 ?
Last season he made 22 appearances in the u23s (a few as sub) with 4 goals. His first appearance wasn't until October as he was injured when he joined us.
This year, so far, he's played twice (out of the four u23 League games) and played 20 odd minutes in the EFL trophy game as a sub...
I didn't know this point had a long list of terms and conditions !!
You just argued "we just don't DO strikers here. Never have." - Some strikers, admittedly not hundreds of em, in fact DO quite well here.
Apart from Ulloa who we turned from a £2m 2nd tier striker into an £8m premier league striker.
And Murray who we turned from a promising striker from Rochdale into er, a 30 goal a season Championship / Premier League striker.
And Hemed who we signed for £1m ish - yet scored 17 goals in a single...
Rob Hunt has been in the first team squad for our last 3 league matches and no doubt will start v Reading on Tuesday as he has for the previous 2 EFL cup matches.
Ben White, Sam Adekugbe, Tom Cadman, James Tilley have also all appeared in the League Cup squads.