Ollie Denham signed

[life on mars]

This looks to be a strange one. Not good enough for Blackburn but good enough for us. Very odd.

Perhaps Morrison has glimpsed something promising,. in a development game befroe he came to City , are Blackburn a category A Academy side ??

[Rjk]

Perhaps Morrison has glimpsed something promising,. in a development game befroe he came to City , are Blackburn a category A Academy side ??

yes they are, and a pretty good one in this ranking from 2017/18

https://trainingground.guru/articles...nkings-2017/18
worth noting as well that even though Swansea were cat 1 they actually came out worse than us on that list

[Pedro de la Rosa]

ajayi was getting there, but we went for a short term gain over long term sustainability

The 17/18 season was an unmitigated disaster to be fair.

[Rjk]

yes they are, and a pretty good one in this ranking from 2017/18

https://trainingground.guru/articles...nkings-2017/18
worth noting as well that even though Swansea were cat 1 they actually came out worse than us on that list

apparently only England qualified players are counted on that list so that goes some way to explain why Swansea are so low

[WJ99mobile]

Ajayi is the one player that we've released in recent times who has gone on to better things. However, as Trigger posted above, you have to question how he would have developed if he had stayed here.

He wouldn’t have an he probably would have been playing league 1 football.

Making it in football is a lot to do with ability but a very large proportion of luck, timing and managers tactics

[Pedro de la Rosa]

Lockyer has been a professional footballer for 7 seasons. 6 of those were in League One or below and the other was for a club that got relegated from the Championship. Our worst league finish in that time was 12th in the Championship and we've had 2 seasons in the Premier League. He isn't good enough for us.

When Ajayi left he had Morrison, Manga and Bamba ahead of him. Morrison was only 26 too and Ajayi was 23. Good luck to him but it was in everyone's best interests he went. He had 2 full seasons for Rotherham and he was never going to play here.

[OurManFlint II]

Says nothing for our own Academy when we have to sign youngsters rejected by other clubs. We might as well get rid of the Academy as all it seems to do is breed players only good enough for lower and non league football. Nonetheless some young blood is very welcome.

There was a really good podcast a few years ago, swear it was BBC but for the life of me can't find it. They basically set forth and argued (amongst experts) the cost V's social responsibility to the community of an academy. There was sentiment for the community but the be all and end all was the 'Micheal Lewis Moneyball' and it was scrupulous in how much a waste of money an academy was!

I think all football should be about community, and to not come across as a massive racist but cardiff should look to emulate the Lisbon Lions lol