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I got a bit taken away by the Lee-s I didn't have time to remember a Mr A Ramsey.
C'mon we're not that bad a prospect for people to send their kids to. The academy is a lot more structured than it ever has been.
I blame the parents if my lad came home and wanted to sign for the Kent's he'd be looking for another dad.
we as a club since Scam came along have been after the quick fix, the fast promotions, only thinking about the current season, its been boom or bust
bringing on youngsters havent been top of the list of priorities
Palace chairman was on radio 5 the other Sunday talking about their £20 million investment purchasing land and upgrading their academy.
Once in place, the club will apply to step up to category #1 to play the better academies. This was to ensure they continued to discover the young talent in South London such as Zara and Wan Bissaka .
So he was originally picked up by Newport and then poached by Swansea as they gave a Cat 1, thanks to 7 seasons in the prem.
Not saying our youth set up is faultless but can’t see what City could have done about that.
He did however develop his game in the Welsh League last season with TNS, something which we are doing with 3-4 players this season with lots of criticism from fans on this board.
According to google he was with County then and Swansea took him from there.
He was at County from under-13 to under-15
He would have moved to Swansea when they were a Prem club and we were struggling in the Champ if my maths are right.
I guess only the lad himself would know the full story, but we take on hundreds of kids here, can’t take them all and it’s just as likely that we took on players who were better at the time and didn’t develop them.
If what I’ve read/ remember is right around that time Swansea nicked a load of our coaches too.
I've just phoned someone to get some more details. He played in three trial games at u14 when Cardiff requested for the best lads from different areas to play in front of them and to see who caught their eye.
He also played for Cardiff schools so Cardiff were very aware of the lad.
They deemed he wasn't technically good enough.
Newport signed him and the played Swansea and Swansea liked him.
Swansea had him for free off Newport in an agreement where players would go to Newport from Swansea on loan or what not.