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Is it BOLLOCKS Tell me where Bobby Zamora came from. Did he come from "new facilities" ? You don't need gilded training grounds, 4G pitches and ice baths to nurture brilliant talent. It helps, but its not the be-all and end-all. You need to have a scheme whereby raw talent is recognised...

Now you're talking ! Dunno what he's up to these days mind, or if he has any coaching badges. But what U23 striker wouldn't benefit from having coaching sessions from the great BZ ? "Dear Mr Barber..."

Its a decent shout. Perhaps bringing in a seasoned ex-striker who's been there and done it all to provide specialised coaching for our U23 forwards would be a step in the right direction. Obviously your Shearers and Wrights are all wrapped up in punditry and too well off to be interested anyway...

At the risk of labouring the point, nobody is dismissing the U23's as a whole. I've merely referenced the fact that so far, its been a graveyard for strikers here. That may or may not change in the future, but clubs in similar and poorer positions than ourselves have nurtured and brought through...

This guy is a little different from your Harper / Bergkamp / Fenelon type junk though. He's 24 and has already got 80-odd 1st team appearances under his belt (albeit in Sith Ifrica), plus 12 caps for his country, so I'm expecting him to be a little more 'battle hardened' in that respect. He's...

Yup. We're not even arguing. Hopefully by this time next year he'll have his work permit, and will be providing some back-up and competition to push our incredible 43-goal Locadia-Andone partnership.

Because this thread is about Percy Tau, a striker. I'm not saying there is no value or benefit to the U23 squad, there clearly is as our 1st team has benefited from it already. But on the STRIKERS front, its a graveyard. I know not why, but we don't need to list all the "promising strikers"...

The fact that we've only been in the PL for 12 months and have only had a top academy for a few years is irrelevant. Not ALL clubs operate with top academies and brilliant facilities. Clubs with far inferior facilities to our own seem able to produce good young strikers who can make a living at...

Idiot here, reporting for duty...SAH. If you can point me in the general direction of a striker from the BHAFC U23 squad who has signed, developed, and then gone on to flourish either here or elsewhere, then I am all ears. Thankfully Tau is swerving that particular twilight zone.

They've clearly identified him as a talent, and at 24 (with 12 full caps and 5 goals), he's not just another wet-behind-the-ears teenager with no first team experience who would just disappear into our U23's black hole, never to be seen again. The club have obviously made a big effort to get...