albionfan37
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Albion sign the 15 yr old from Oldham he’s a striker and made a start in the leading trophy obviously one for the future
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[Albion] Zac emmerson
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southstandandy
WEST STAND ANDY
- Jul 9, 2003
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Get him upfront tomorrow!
Too short.
*Gullsworth*
My Hair is like his hair
Mackenzie
Old Brightonian
So how does it work with him moving from Manchester? Does he lodge with a family down here?
- Jul 7, 2003
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I'd imagine we'd put him in what used to be known as digs (may still be for all I know!).
He may well be legally allowed to live on his own soon, but I doubt the club went to his parents and said "Yeah, we'll stick him in a bedsit in Worthing and let him get on with it". That's not how you persuade them that your club is the one their beloved offspring wants to join. It doesn't really scream duty of care...
nwgull
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They used to lodge the younger players in Jury's Inn in the city centre. Not sure why they stopped doing that.
Maybe he knows David Weir's lad, who we've also just signed. Same age band, both playing in Manchester area. He can lodge with the Weir's.
There you go. All sorted
Yep the club have host families in the local area where some of the youngsters live.
- Jul 7, 2003
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Maybe he knows David Weir's lad, who we've also just signed. Same age band, both playing in Manchester area. He can lodge with the Weir's.
There you go. All sorted
I know they're only children, and therefore considerable patience is required (on our part) and luck/ skill (on the players') but we're now picking up young players in the same way that Southampton do, for example. Players are coming to us because we are seen to offer a really high standard of care & development, and because the individuals can see a clear pathway to the first team.
Note I used Saints rather than Chelsea as an example- Chelsea seem to pick up the youngsters by virtue of paying them the biggest wages. I accept Lampard has played a lot of youth team graduates this season, largely out of necessity with their transfer ban, but it remains to be seen whether that will continue once the transfer window opens. Hopefully for England's sake it does.
Saints have to be the model for the likes of us. Outstanding youth development over a number of years, and they just keep the club ticking over by selling them on at the right time, for the right price. Nothing wrong with that at all.
Albion Dan
Banned
Seeing how these things work with some of the kids my son plays with very possible we will have offered a house for the family down here as part of the deal.
Alan Nixon at the Sun was on this one early https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/spo...ster-untied-consider-ps90m-bid-gossip-2553362
Absolutely this. I know they're a bit of an arsey fanbase, but as a club they've done exceptionally well on pretty much all fronts since we outplayed them on the way to the League One title.
In the last eight seasons they've (if you excuse the Mark Hughes experiment) been unbelievably successful. If we can get anywhere close to replicating their 4 top ten finishes, two European campaigns (including beating Inter Milan and Sparta Prague) and a parade of quality players (obvious candidates like VVD and Mane to Tadic, Wanyama and Ings), then the future will be a lot of fun!
blue-shifted
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As long as you replace effectively the players you've sold that's fine.
- Jan 3, 2012
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They were doing well with youth development more than 8 years ago. Amongst those they have produced are Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Gareth Bale and thingy Walcott.
Edit - Theo Walcott
Papa Lazarou
Living in a De Zerbi wonderland
Adam Lallana or is he Plucky?
He is also younger than your NSC account.