FC Barcelona 2016/2017 Thread

[Arnau]

What do you spect them to grown in 5 years? Charlton, Moore, Keegan and Scholes?

 

[Pogba4Now]

5 years in football is a long time. Players who were 13 back then are now 18. We will see in another 5 years and I could be wrong but so far there is no indication that the "Elite development team" is any better than any other EPL academies. There has not been much progress at all in 5 years.

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

I know when they got rich they invested very heavily in academy both money and innovation and take it very seriously, unlike some other blue wearing premier league teams with sugar daddies

 

[ShiftyPowers]

It's not just about "okay well you've had these 18 year olds since they were 13, so you should have a few world beaters in that generation. Tell me, how many players does Man U or Bayern or Real or Barca produce for the first team each year? Some years we don't have any. It's not just about training a few players either, it's also about scouting the area and bringing in kids. Yes the training is important, but you also need kids who are willing to put in the work and blessed with natural ability.

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

It's also about generating profit by selling players who are decent but don't quite cut it for an elite premier league club

 

[Pogba4Now]

I agree and I am not saying that the Elite development squad is mediocre, just that it is not better than other EPL or other main league academies. That name makes it sound that its something special but its not. Talent is hard to find in England.

 

[Arnau]

Also City is a top club now so you have to be very verygood to play there

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

If an academy at a club like man city produces just one first team star and a few players that can be sold every few years it's doing its job

 

[poet11]

If an academy at a club like man city produces just one first team star and a few players that can be sold every few years it's doing its job

Agreed. I'm content with the recent progress at ours since our youth revamp. Very little in the sense that academy grads are getting moves through out Europe but its a good beginning.

You have to marvel at Lyon's work of recent times. If they got their stadium and finances sorted earlier. They'd have a potential world class front 3 of Martial-Lacazette-Fekir. Maybe, keep the likes of Umtiti and like they rejected huge money for Tolisso.

Fekir btw is legit. World class potential.

 

[Xaviesta]

Denis looking very comfortable at RCM. The links with Messi are very good.

 

[Arnau]

Agreed. I'm content with the recent progress at ours since our youth revamp. Very little in the sense that academy grads are getting moves through out Europe but its a good beginning.

You have to marvel at Lyon's work of recent times. If they got their stadium and finances sorted earlier. They'd have a potential world class front 3 of Martial-Lacazette-Fekir. Maybe, keep the likes of Umtiti and like they rejected huge money for Tolisso.

Fekir btw is legit. World class potential.

Lyon academy teaches Juego de posición to children too. That the best game model to develop inteligent players.

 

[Pogba4Now]

If an academy at a club like man city produces just one first team star and a few players that can be sold every few years it's doing its job

Well, there aren't many from City academy who are playing in top flight teams. In 2015/16, just 6 City academy players featured in the EPL. As comparison, Man U had 22 academy players featuring in the EPL. This includes players like Fletcher, Cathcart and Drinkwater.

There is no apparent progress in the Man City "Elite development squad" since it was introduced 5 years ago.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/academies-produced-most-premier-league-7224364

 

[ARIAGA II]

Are you declaring the current incarnation of City's academy a bust because it hasn't been as productive as United's, despite it existing for barely five years?

 

[poet11]

Lyon academy teaches Juego de posición to children too. That the best game model to develop inteligent players.

What is that? Anti Jogo Bonito?

 

[Arnau]

Marlon did very well the other day and today is starting. he actually seems a good player, poor in build up but fast, aggresive and good in the air.

 

[Arnau]

!With Vietto, Gameiro, Jesús gone and Gabigol likely joining Inter we might should kept Munir as 4th striker. He has a lot of goal.

 

[poet11]

You should. I think he has good potential as a finisher.

 

[Arnau]

Exactly, he is a finisher and thats it. Dont ask him to dribble or pass well, inside the box is his zone.

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

Stop bullying Leicester

 

[Sir Didier Drogba]

Thankyou.