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George Barker. Never once gave the impression that he was capable of a career as a Football League striker.

I think that rule was abolished when the Elite Player Performance Plan was brought in a couple of years ago. Either that, or it means the clubs with the highest graded academies, ie ours, can recruit players from further afield anyway. I think when the previous posted said "up north", he...

We've only waited 113 years so far, what's another couple between friends? :)

Quite. And I think that's the point. We've been really poor at this in the past, but the hope is that now, finally we're in a position to firstly attract the best of the youngsters in the first place (including ones who might previously have gone to places like Palace), and that secondly we have...

I read the O/P as relating more to youth development, picking up the best kids around and turning them into footballers though. Whilst Bridcutt was no old fogey, he was already a professional footballer when he was released by Chelsea, aged 20 or so. We didn't exactly develop him from scratch...

How many brilliant young players did Poyet bring into the side, could you remind us?

Cabbies always know the score :thumbsup: It is interesting to see the U18 squad are doing so well this season (second in the Premier League, behind only Chelsea, last time I looked), particularly compared to the U21s. I think it will take time for the club to really see the benefits of the...