Cameron Coxe to Man City....

[2b2bdoo]

Reminds me of all the posts and FB comments about how we messed up with Regan Poole because he signed for Man United. Signing for someone means nothing.

I can't think of many players we let go that came back to haunt us. Ajayi probably one that springs to mind.

[Rjk]

Reminds me of all the posts and FB comments about how we messed up with Regan Poole because he signed for Man United. Signing for someone means nothing.

I can't think of many players we let go that came back to haunt us. Ajayi probably one that springs to mind.

um, are you forgetting about Gareth Bale?!

[delmbox]

um, are you forgetting about Gareth Bale?!

Gareth Bale never played against us you idiot, jeez some people

[City123]

Gareth Bale never played against us you idiot, jeez some people

Plus we got that huge sell on, so that helps

[the other bob wilson]

Reminds me of all the posts and FB comments about how we messed up with Regan Poole because he signed for Man United. Signing for someone means nothing.

I can't think of many players we let go that came back to haunt us. Ajayi probably one that springs to mind.

So, if our youth coaching isn't crap because the young players at the club are just not good enough, doesn't it have to follow that our youth recruitment must be crap? Joe Ralls, who we signed when he was fifteen, has been the one stand out Academy scholar at the club in the past ten years while we made a tidy sum from Rabbi Matondo (how would he have fared if he had decided to stay with us I wonder?). However, the Matondo fee makes a very small inroad into the £10 million, by a conservative estimate, that has been spent on the Academy in the last decade.

[City123]

So, if our youth coaching isn't crap because the young players at the club are just not good enough, doesn't it have to follow that our youth recruitment must be crap? Joe Ralls, who we signed when he was fifteen, has been the one stand out Academy scholar at the club in the past ten years while we made a tidy sum from Rabbi Matondo (how would he have fared if he had decided to stay with us I wonder?). However, the Matondo fee makes a very small inroad into the £10 million, by a conservative estimate, that has been spent on the Academy in the last decade.

Didn't Spence turn down a move to a top Premier League club?

[the other bob wilson]

Didn't Spence turn down a move to a top Premier League club?

Spence could have signed for Man City at the same time Matondo did, but opted for a pro cotract with us. He turned down the one we offered him a few months ago though and I'm told there were one or two others who decided not to stay with us as well - I would argue that the almost complete lack of progress by young players on their first pro contracts in terms of first team recognition is beginning to have an effect when it comes to things like this.

[Tuerto]

Spence could have signed for Man City at the same time Matondo did, but opted for a pro cotract with us. He turned down the one we offered him a few months ago though and I'm told there were one or two others who decided not to stay with us as well - I would argue that the almost complete lack of progress by young players on their first pro contracts in terms of first team recognition is beginning to have an effect when it comes to things like this.

I'd agree, if a young player is given pro terms, then he has to be given an opportunity at the right time. Recent managers haven't helped, Slade, Warnock and Maybe Harris likes established players in certain positions. CCFC is not a club where a young player is likely to prosper.