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Yep I agree he was a very good player, I thought the stand out player for our youth team against Villa at the Amex in the FA Youth cup and one of his greatest strengths was perhaps his mentality, but he was offered a secure environment in which to develop in his younger years through his...

Well even for JFC there is a side story, he undoubtedly was a talent (as were many others) yet he was a bit tubby and perhaps might have been overlooked in other circumstances, however I think it was Steve Brown (a firm friend of Forster) who was keen to bring him in (was he 12-14), nothing to...

I dont mean to be harsh, I am just pointing out that perhaps clubs generally like to cite 'youth products' when sometimes that individual players progress has more to do with circumstance rather than some perceived club strategy.

Lewis Dunk came through when our Centre of Excellence was run on an annual budget three and sixpence, even so and we can argue the toss on whom we might sell and at what price, worth remembering that our Cat 1 annual minimum cost is in excess of £2.5 million per annum.

I agree in part, I would question that 'we' produced many of them though but I accept they were introduced to a professional first team level whilst with us, if for one moment we assume that hardly any of them were automatically deemed wonder kids, for me it shows how important opportunity and...