- Sep 15, 2007
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Really hope to see this as just the beginning/tip of the iceberg in terms of creating a club with a winning mentality from top to bottom. We've obviously got a ton of talent throughout the system and it's going to be exciting to see how the development of these youngsters goes given the great facilities at their disposal. Also, just like how we have apparently brought in Musa Yahaya, Ismail Azzaoui, etc. I'm sure the training ground has a huge pull and will allow for us to attract players who really could hold a lot of value someday.
Promising days, indeed.
Lots of very good ralent coming thriugh now - we can see them in this thread right the way dwn to maybe 14. The problem in recent years has been the bility to get them plauing in the first team either duirectly or after loans to other clubs. So I was delighted to see that this pre-season we've had (in no order) Kane, Bentalleb, Veljkovic, Fredericks, Carroll, Mason, Fryers and Ceballos. Niot all of those will make it but I'm now hopeful that at least half of those will get decent playing time this season and start to become proper members of the first team squad, even if a couple move on later.
But I;m then confident that with a manager prepared to involve the best in pre-season that the next crop will have the opportunities they need and follow a similar path. Both squad players and a few genuine stars
It is not fanciful to think that in say 5 years time 50% of our squad will have come through the yoth set up - now that will be quite something.ine stars come .