Quote Originally Posted by SLUDGE FACTORY View Post
Swansea wether people like it or not has always had a strong football tradition and has always produced good young local talent or rather found it and developed it

We have a far larger population to draw from and Cardiff is a far bigger city with a huge pool of youngsters mad on football right on its doorstep from inner city Grangetown, Butetown , Riverside etc

But they never get seen

Somethings going wrong

Nathan Blake was born in Cardiff, lived in Newport yet got spotted by Chelsea

And there are more
Alas it has always been the case. In the 70's and 80's Bristol Rovers used to snaffle up all our local talent and of course a bit later on, Southampton and Norwich grabbed Bale and Bellamy respectively.

You are right about Swansea too. They do have a very strong football tradition and have been nurturing and developing local talent for as long as I can remember. How difficult can it be to say enough is enough, if Swansea can do it Cardiff most certainly can ? Signs are that things are starting to improve but this needs to be an ongoing trend. It's great when players like Ramsey and Ledley break through but there should be more, much more.