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It's a positive outlook on life in general. It works.

The facts on players sold say otherwise. However, don't let that get in the way if you're determined to be negative. I'm sure you won't mind me being positive either; it's an outlook that has served me incredibly well over the last 6-7 years.

All the players that we had under contract and sold to Premier League clubs had several bids rejected for them before a much higher fee was accepted - I think Leicester ended up paying double their original bid for Ulloa. In the case of Bridcutt, we even refused his transfer request and the...

Who was the last player that we sold to the first bid?

I can't imagine many parents would what to send their kids so far at such a young age either. I misunderstood and thought that you we're referring to the 15 year old that BG had recommended, not the U9s.

Cat 1 academies can recruit nationally on the basis of full time education being offered to U17s.

True, but it's unlikley that Bournmouth were the only club to scout a youngster from Guildford. If he turns out to be very special, then he'll probabky get poached by a Cat 1 academy by the time he's 17.

Maybe he's just not good enough. Bournemouth's academy is category 3; if he was anything special, he'd have had he choice of going to a club with at least a Cat 2 academy if not a Cat 1. This is why getting Cat 1 status was so important. Not only are the facilities much better, but the teams...

This is pessimistic. The fact that it is a Cat 1 Academy means that we'll be able to attract and sign the best players at all ages up to U21 level. They don't have to start at U10.