Oliver Wilkinson

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  1. Baz

    Bazza Well-Known Member

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    100% agree with this .
     
    Bazza, Jul 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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    I agree he’s taking a risk as his pathway to the 1st team here would’ve been much ‘smoother’ had he continued to develop. However, I think you’re way out with ‘big fish in little pond’ comments. Even John Stones, with his obvious potential wasn’t that.
     
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    Well if that’s the case I take back what I said, & im not surprised to be honest.
     
    SamBfC90, Jul 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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    How many youngsters have paved their way to the first team in the last 10 years.
    Were too busy helping other teams in developing theirs ,instead of our own.
    Far too many really good kids released as they have not progressed into the first team .
     
    Bazza, Jul 4, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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    It was a dig at the "top 6" academies, really, if you can call them that. Hoovering up talent and then having them stagnate, on loan the some Belgian feeder club
     
    AthersleyRed, Jul 4, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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    The club is in a mess from top to bottom unfortunately. The whole point of the academy is to develop players for the first time and eventually sell them on for profit.

    if we can’t keep our brightest prospects and tie them into a pro contract then there’s something wrong.

    Football is broken, I fully understand that. There’s kids in top premier academies who are being paid £30k a week and will never play in anger for their parent club.

    Chelsea have already been in trouble with the FA over this but they continue to flout the rules.
     
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    Having spoken to a parent of a well thought of youngster at the academy, I got the sense that the club were looking to get some money in for highly rated players.
     
    Deafening Silence, Jul 4, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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    Not at all. Good prospect had his head turned by looks. Not 1st young lad to won't be last.

    If you mean Marsh. Sadly he wasn't good enough.
     
    redrum, Jul 4, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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    can’t help reading that in a Roy Keane accent

    I wasn’t the most mature at 16 either, probably scared of the reaction
     
    Archerfield, Jul 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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    Apparently 0.5% of academy kids in this country end up with professional contracts. Hoovering the available talent up is therefore essential for the top clubs. Whether it is good for the kid himself is debatable. John Breckin, formerly of this parish, told me about a relative of his who was ‘recruited’ from Sheffield United by one of the big clubs over the Pennines. The incentives offered to his parents were incredible.
     
    Old Gimmer, Jul 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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    ITS HIS JOB.

    Fair point though, tbf.
     
    Fonzie, Jul 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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    From reading that Chronicle report I'm happy we've put £5m on DKD.

    Let the young un do what he wants, it'll be the parents pushing for a move.
     
    Gordon Owen, Jul 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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