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Derby's academy give category 1 status
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Puppet Master
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- Aug 14, 2012
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I just cannot see any auditor walking into the new training centre without acknowledging that it will be awarded cat 1, even if mistakes are made in the audit the centre offers an insight into the resources accessible to quickly correct something.
It seems unimaginable that it wont get the cat 1, although I havent heard whether they even applied for it this year, although I have heard thats the goal.
It seems unimaginable that it wont get the cat 1, although I havent heard whether they even applied for it this year, although I have heard thats the goal.
saafend_seagull
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How much does cat 1 cost? £3m a year or something ?
Sheebo
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- Jul 13, 2003
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Son of a bitch meeting
No Swingers Of Brighton pal
mikeyjh
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The original goal was for Cat2, with a hope to 'reach Cat1 in the future'. It's not just a case of the facilities, far from it. ('Up to 10 different factors were considered in the grading, including productivity rates, training facilities, coaching, education and welfare provisions'
http://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/Der...tory-21938070-detail/story.html#ixzz38UdJLp8g )
It's great news for us as it protects us from losing players to other clubs and allows us to 'poach' from lower category clubs.....
Billy the Fish
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People need to remember that our facilities have only just been built. All of the traditional big/bigish/medium clubs have had these running and producing players for years.
As it did with many things, the 90s set us back lightyears with youth development. We won't just catch up all of a sudden overnight.
As it did with many things, the 90s set us back lightyears with youth development. We won't just catch up all of a sudden overnight.
Not Andy Naylor
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Exactly. It requires sustained investment over a period, with a certain number of full-time qualified coaches and contact hours at all age groups, and the FA guidelines suggest that around £3.5 m per year is the ballpark figure for a Category 1 academy. The building may look nice, but that's only part of the requirements. Watford recently took the decision to downgrade from Category 1 to Category 3 because they couldn't afford to sustain the investment levels.
If you were cynical (which, thank the good Lord, no-one has ever accused me of being) you might wonder how a club that can't find a bit of extra dosh to pay the wages of a proven left back such as Stephen Ward is aiming to fund a Category 1 academy ...
If you were cynical (which, thank the good Lord, no-one has ever accused me of being) you might wonder how a club that can't find a bit of extra dosh to pay the wages of a proven left back such as Stephen Ward is aiming to fund a Category 1 academy ...
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GoldWithFalmer
Seaweed! Seaweed!
saw x 2 Derby county in the community minibuses in Crawley the night we played them,shows they are perhaps casting far and wide? or maybe they had a friendly abroad and were using the carpark..?
That type of expenditure doesn't count against FFP though does it? So perhaps TB is more than happy to dig deep to fund infrastructure that should pay for itself long term, rather than pour more money directly into the pockets of players. It's not as if defenders are impossible to find, good as Ward was last season.
Is the right (and very sensible) answer.
Wages not the issue. I hear it's about the transfer fee.
BUTTERBALL
East Stand Brighton Boyz
David Burke and his team have invested a lot of time in this. I am sure it will pay dividends
Who?
seagullsovergrimsby
#cpfctinpotclub
If we're the only club interested in signing him I don't see Wolves realistically getting a fee.
JOLovegrove
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- Jan 30, 2012
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Is there a list of every teams ratings?