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Thanks for all the heads up tonight.

 

I was, not a happy bunny, Jeeze.

 

The disconnect with youth and first team needs to be fixed. Under Adams the two styles contradicted. We need an identity stamped through all teams

 

Nah defiantly wasn't his dad, you could see the bloke who wrote it writes multiple match reports for teams all over the country every week. I do know the lad you are talking about is 16 and been with the club since he was 8 - quite a bit of content on the academy's twitter feed about him.

 

What a team. These lads could form our very own class of '92 or La Masia late 2000's and take us to the top.

Everything about the club is fantastic at the moment.

 

With how well these lads have done and the mention of them still looking like lads exposure to reserve games or reserve type friendlies has to be key to get them more ready for potential first team football

 

They may have had a chance in the old days . Then the young developers had weekly Northern Intermediate league games and also weekly Reserves league games. That’s how Stuart McCall, Richards, Postman Pat, and I think Joe Cooke, et al, developed as youngsters before breaking through into the first team squad and then the first team itself.

Unless they have that consistency of game opportunity, I struggle to see the connect happening.
It’s a shame but ad-hoc arranged friendlies just won’t work , unless they were at least every two weeks guaranteed.

 

It's been boring for quite a while.

 

Good lord....

 

Now we've won back our family excellence status.

https://www.bradfordcityafc.com/news/2022/may/bantams-achieve-family-excellence-status-for-first-time-in-five-years/

These are truly great times.

 

Just from a communal point of view it is excellent but every year we are told that "the present crop are the best ever". We need to see that into progress into the first team. I really had high hopes of Staunton and haven't given up on him but this year is surely make or break for him.

 

Probably off to Southampton

 

interesting, is it something you read somewhere?

 

Not another one, if I remember, there is some kind of “agreement” the premiership clubs can take them for a relative pittance according to some formula but can sell on clauses be included in the deals?

 

Do you have a link??

 

Agree . We have paid fees for two players in the last few weeks, when was the last fee paid? Charlie Wyke? So it may answer your question Dave?

 

Was it obvious then or do you get late developers?