Andrew 4760 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 what a good goal, who was that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 We scored a few good goals there actually. Some ropey keeping by the other teams like! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddockLad 17280 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Brutal.... https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/newcastle-united-summon-host-players-14384436.amp?__twitter_impression=true Highly amusing to see the 37 year old Curtis Good released from his youth team contract Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30619 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Wasn't he fairly promising before his injuries? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 21924 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 curtis b good Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35093 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 I would like to think that Rafa would sort this out if given enough time. From what I've seen and read about him it's certainly an area in which he takes an interest and you would think he would have the contacts both in terms of coaching and being able to scout good youngsters in order to turn things around. You'd think it would be an easy sell to Ashley too, given the potential rewards and savings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 19 minutes ago, Alex said: I would like to think that Rafa would sort this out if given enough time. From what I've seen and read about him it's certainly an area in which he takes an interest and you would think he would have the contacts both in terms of coaching and being able to scout good youngsters in order to turn things around. You'd think it would be an easy sell to Ashley too, given the potential rewards and savings. Agreed, the disinterest Ashley shows in the youth set up has always been odd especially considering the amount we made on Carroll. Fwiw I think it’s good to finally see a coaching staff that are actually planning and looking ahead to next season rather than trot out some bollocks about how we have to wait until our fate is certain as we’ve seen in the past. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13873 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Ashley is probably all about instant (or close enough) returns, I'd reckon. Getting lucky with an import and flogging him in a year or so is probably a better idea than waiting 3/4 seasons for a kid to mature and develop in his head, even though it benefits the first team and would be beneficial to performances. Because he's a fucking idiot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 35093 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 15 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Ashley is probably all about instant (or close enough) returns, I'd reckon. Getting lucky with an import and flogging him in a year or so is probably a better idea than waiting 3/4 seasons for a kid to mature and develop in his head, even though it benefits the first team and would be beneficial to performances. Because he's a fucking idiot. Aye, there is that like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 30619 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Did Benitez bring through any youth in his time at Liverpool? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 1 hour ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Ashley is probably all about instant (or close enough) returns, I'd reckon. Getting lucky with an import and flogging him in a year or so is probably a better idea than waiting 3/4 seasons for a kid to mature and develop in his head, even though it benefits the first team and would be beneficial to performances. Because he's a fucking idiot. I think that hits the nail on the head tbh. The club has definitely been plagued by short term thinking during his ownership, the “gambling” of going into seasons under strength and then panic buying in January if need be goes along with that imo. It is just something that always seemed like a no brainer, for a relatively small investment there’s so much potential for profit and first team improvement. It doesn’t have to be to the extent of Man City or Chelsea to pay off, I don’t imagine Southampton’s youth set up cost loads when compared to transfer fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 13873 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 (edited) Aye, you'd think Southampton's policy would be like music to his ears since they've made a fortune. Having said that, I imagine it's the result of heavy investment from the owners combined with effort and hard work by switched on people who know what they're doing. Even if Ashley was willing to do the former, we sorely lack the latter. Well, other than Rafa but it's a bit much asking him to do literally everything himself. Edited March 8, 2018 by Ayatollah Hermione 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 17 minutes ago, Ayatollah Hermione said: Aye, you'd think Southampton's policy would be like music to his ears since they've made a fortune. Having said that, I imagine it's the result of heavy investment from the owners combined with effort and hard work by switched on people who know what they're doing. Even if Ashley was willing to do the former, we sorely lack the latter. Well, other than Rafa but it's a bit much asking him to do literally everything himself. Aye that’s it like, it’ll have been steady investment over a long period to get them to where they are, without instant pay outs so he’d have likely abandoned it (pretty sure there was at least a planned investment at some point which was either not followed through or wasn’t continued to be built upon). I also agree the personnel is an issue, our youth staff have basically been Steve Stone and Peter Beardsley for a good period of our recent history. I know we have a scouting system in place for youth throughout Europe (brother in laws father is a scout) but I’ve no idea to what extent they were listened to in the past or how much has changed since Rafa took over (they do seem to look on the continent more mind). As you’ve mentioned though you’d think it’d be something that would really interest him especially with his reluctance to pay transfer fees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 4263 Posted March 8, 2018 Share Posted March 8, 2018 Think this might be decent news regarding Rafa hanging around, if he made the decision mind. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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