Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
Cameron Coxe has made a debut this season as well - one of the many differences between Slade and Warnock is that the latter showed that he is willing to consider young players under the right circumstances (Harris may not have featured in the league team this season, but he did on a number of occasions last year - Ibrahim Meite also got a game), Slade resolutely failed to provide any encouragement to youth - seems to me that, true to form, some are being argumentative just for the sake of it.
It's a fair question Bob, who were these players that Slade wasn't picking. And how are they currently doing this season?

The facts are that the academy has been failing to produce players for some time - that isn't Slade nor Warnock's problem because an academy is a long term process. I'm slightly amused that one man is slated for not picking players that were not good enough, whereas the other is defended with sporadic examples. My point is, the academy is struggling and, unless it improves, the next manager will also have the tag of refusing to give youth a chance. The players are obviously not ready because Mackay, Slade, Trollope and now Warnock are unwilling to find anything other than a token place for them.

Question, when does it stop being a manager thing, and start being an academy thing? Next question, what are the levels of funding being received by the academy compared to the Dave Jones days? Further question, how much is being invested in the 1MCC project and what are the tangible benefits.

Apologies for being "argumentative" but you can see now that my issues are not without foundation.