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May 1, 2024, 4:31pm

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Paul Emson got missed as well - and managed to get spotted at Brigg Town by Derby - Tony Ford makes reference to him in his book.


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May 1, 2024, 5:31pm
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It also needs a Manager who will take a gamble, the two have to combine.
Alex Fergusson had a crop of them, and was prepared to gamble on them. Perhaps our short-termism in keeping Managers makes them reluctant to gamble.
Who knows if the Class of 92 players would have made it elsewhere if not for Sir Alex.


100%. Artell isn’t in a position to gamble, but you could argue the same for 95% of EFL managers. Fans and owners will not wait for results. Unless we gamble on an U23/ reserve team, we will always have this problem
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How come we used to have youth players lie Ford, Kev and Dave Moore, Drinkell, Wilkinson, Lund and others?

Has the youth set up failed recently or were we just incredibly lucky to have that much talent coming through?

And how on earth did we miss Glenn Cockerill?


With respect, most of those players made their debuts 40-45 years ago - football is almost unrecognisable today from what it was just 20 years back, so Christ knows how you’d be able to compare the experiences of a youth player in 1975 to today.

From what I can see, Category One academies are essentially geared towards extracting the best talent from other clubs from the age of about 6 upwards. You probably didn’t get Tony Ford invited down to Old Trafford to play 5-a-side with his primary school mates so their scouts could run their eye over him. That’s what you get nowadays.
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With respect, most of those players made their debuts 40-45 years ago - football is almost unrecognisable today from what it was just 20 years back, so Christ knows how you’d be able to compare the experiences of a youth player in 1975 to today.

From what I can see, Category One academies are essentially geared towards extracting the best talent from other clubs from the age of about 6 upwards. You probably didn’t get Tony Ford invited down to Old Trafford to play 5-a-side with his primary school mates so their scouts could run their eye over him. That’s what you get nowadays.


It’s the parents that are sold the dream , parents should follow their hearts and not their own egos
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