Wardy's twin
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- Oct 21, 2014
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Not sure if this is covered on any other thread but looks like he decided that manure were a better option well better contract does anyone have the background info on this.
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[Albion] Toby Collyer - move to Manure
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The Wookiee
Back From The Dead
https://www.sussexlive.co.uk/sport/...hton-wonderkid-man-united-chelsea-6766179.amp
Interesting that we let go ‘the best young defensive midfielder in England’ leave and will probably look overseas and spend several million on a replacement
Interesting that we let go ‘the best young defensive midfielder in England’ leave and will probably look overseas and spend several million on a replacement
mikeyjh
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There's very little a club can do about it though - Derby have lost several over the last few months and while be in a slightly more difficult position (!), it doesn't change the fact.....
Silverhatch
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We have a fabulous academy. The food chain is working.
- Jan 3, 2012
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Let go? Or his choice?
bluenitsuj
Listen to me!!!
He was not good enough for us anyway.
There will be a certain amount of compensation due as he has been with the club for a few years.
dejavuatbtn
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Yes, on the basis that he has been coached at Brighton from a fairly young age, and his obvious potential, we should get a
Gareth Barry type compensation amount. On the basis that few of these younger players will end up in our first team, the whole idea of the academy is to make money from it,
HastingsSeagull
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Will be a pittance compensation wise and think he’s a safe bet to have a long and successful league football career. I’m not convinced from the little I’ve seen/heard that he has the upside of some of our other top prospects though. More a safe bet to nearly be good enough who’s chosen to go earn a fortune as 12th choice rather than fight to be 7th/8th choice here. Final result likely same either way though and will eventually go to a league club for very little so why not earn more in the meantime I guess and tell people he’s a United player. Hope not another Gareth Barry!
Saw he played lots last season then hardly featured recently. Wonder if that’s a result of his head being turned previously or he wasn’t good enough and thus more a cause. Good luck to him though and a shame didn’t want to be part of what we’re building.
Saw he played lots last season then hardly featured recently. Wonder if that’s a result of his head being turned previously or he wasn’t good enough and thus more a cause. Good luck to him though and a shame didn’t want to be part of what we’re building.
So let me get this straight. Man Utd, home of arguably the most vaunted academy in the country who make a huge thing about promoting kids through their own youth system, now think one of ours is better than theirs?
Perhaps he wanted to play in Europe before he draws his pension. Might have made the wrong choice !
There's been some chat about this on the scholars thread:
https://www.northstandchat.com/show...021-22-Scholars-and-U-18-Matches-Thread/page3
https://www.northstandchat.com/show...021-22-Scholars-and-U-18-Matches-Thread/page3
GT49er
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Fair bit of chat following this -
https://www.northstandchat.com/show...hes-Thread&p=10197825&viewfull=1#post10197825
Edit: BNthree beat me to it.
Doonhamer7
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I read manure offered him better contract = more money, he will have better path to first team here but who knows how much more he is being offered
Badger Boy
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- Jan 28, 2016
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Probably just as well I didn't say that then, eh?
Badger Boy
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That it's a feather in the cap of the academy that one of the players they've produced has attracted the attention of the club which has the most prestigious academy and with a reputation for attracting players from all over the country (and likely globe, I can't say I keep up) and they've snapped them up after the work we've done with him.
I'm clearly not saying "our academy is better than their academy", hence why I used the phrase "one of". Which usually refers to one rather than, for example, all.