Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
So pleased to see that the Academy lads are being taught to play a passing game. As Bellamy says, if they are comfortable playing the sort of football he wants, then they should be able to adapt when they get into the first team and, perhaps, need to play in a different way - it has to be better for someone who is comfortable in possession and used to playing a passing game to apply this when playing more of a percentage game in the first team, than to come up through an Academy which plays the percentages and then expect a youngster to be able to play out from the back etc..
If you compare a Pep arriving at a new club compared to a Big Sam and you can see that one style (for quick results) needs millions and millions spent and a lot of the more talented youth players promoted whereas the other can be drilled into existing players with hours and hours on the training pitch. Young players who are good on the ball and can make good and quick decisions will always find a club, especially if they're physically impressive too.