Quote Originally Posted by The Hooded Claw View Post
What I mean is that compared to Bristol City (and Swansea) we still have a poor reputation for converting academy players to first teamers, so it’s going to affect our ability to retain talent.
The evidence is out there: they regularly sell home grown players for big fees, we end up losing ours when they are 15 or 16.
The scalping from big clubs is (as usual) unfair, but those other clubs are in the same situation as us.
I bet they'll lose a similar number, we just won't hear about them because they've not broken through.

Allededly Crew is on more money than Colwill and Davies. It is life changing money for him and we aren't in a position to match that.