New home for City's Academy.

[Rjk]

"There was talk of potentially upgrading Cardiff City's academy to category one status, a move which would really capitalise on Swansea City's being downgraded, but that has been put on the backburner amid the coronavirus pandemic, with funds needed elsewhere across the club."

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/sport/...-huge-19313417

there's a lot of improving we could do without becoming a category one academy, as some other clubs have shown.

https://trainingground.guru/articles...nkings-2017/18

This ranking from a couple of seasons ago shows how poor us and our friends out west have been at this.

This season 12 out of the 24 teams in the championship have a player that came from Reading's academy regularly in their first team.

Cardiff don't even have any in our own first team unless you count Ralls, and I don't think we should.

[Ianto13]

there's a lot of improving we could do without becoming a category one academy, as some other clubs have shown.

https://trainingground.guru/articles...nkings-2017/18

This ranking from a couple of seasons ago shows how poor us and our friends out west have been at this.

This season 12 out of the 24 teams in the championship have a player that came from Reading's academy regularly in their first team.

Cardiff don't even have any in our own first team unless you count Ralls, and I don't think we should.

According to Wales on line the Jacks Cat 1 Academy has produced 10 players that are now playing in the Premier League and Championship. Recently Dan James, McBurnie and Roden have gone for big money £50 m+ .I know others are also playing in Division 1&2 so a Cat 1 Academy definitely pays off!

[Rjk]

According to Wales on line the Jacks Cat 1 Academy has produced 10 players that are now playing in the Premier League and Championship. Recently Dan James, McBurnie and Roden have gone for big money £50 m+ .I know others are also playing in Division 1&2 so a Cat 1 Academy definitely pays off!

Yep, on closer inspection that list only counts England qualified players for some reason. So the jacks will be a lot higher (i doubt we will be though)

McBurnie wasn't a swansea academy product though.

I make it 3 current EPL players from there, Half a dozen Championship and a few more elsewhere.

Much better than us

[City123]

Yep, on closer inspection that list only counts England qualified players for some reason. So the jacks will be a lot higher (i doubt we will be though)

McBurnie wasn't a swansea academy product though.

I make it 3 current EPL players from there, Half a dozen Championship and a few more elsewhere.

Much better than us

Dan James wasn't either, he was signed from Hull at 17

[Rjk]

Dan James wasn't either, he was signed from Hull at 17

that still gives them 2 pl players and 5 or 6 championship , which makes them in the top 30-40ish academies, but one of the least productive cat 1 academies still

[Pedro de la Rosa]

there's a lot of improving we could do without becoming a category one academy, as some other clubs have shown.

https://trainingground.guru/articles...nkings-2017/18

This ranking from a couple of seasons ago shows how poor us and our friends out west have been at this.

This season 12 out of the 24 teams in the championship have a player that came from Reading's academy regularly in their first team.

Cardiff don't even have any in our own first team unless you count Ralls, and I don't think we should.

We signed Ralls at 15. McBurnie was signed at 18 and James at 17. Ralls is undeniably a youth team player

[Ianto13]

We signed Ralls at 15. McBurnie was signed at 18 and James at 17. Ralls is undeniably a youth team player

Under18’s are still Academy players and under 23’s as well?They don’t come 1st team coaches but Academy set up? Matondo went to Manchester City as a 16 year old?