Learn From Ipswich

Good youth system, have faith in the abilities of their young players and give them a run of games, usually rewarded-look at the roll call of their youth players over the last three-four years, their sales have kept the club afloat, they're still churning them out, and they look, at the moment (and times may change, I grant you) a better bet this season than we do.

And they play football, they pass the ball, build from the back, use their midfield, even when Kuqi was playing, it wasn't all "wham bam thankyou man" stuff hoofed up to him.

They may regularly fail to win the play off's, but they seem to regularly reach them.

Whats up with our youth system? We're repeatedly told, we know, that we have fantastic facilities bla bla bla, but where is the production line, and whjy are so many of the youth team players shipped out-Hayes and Sinclair are two recent examples, Jarvis and Henderson will be the next two, if they're not good enough, fair enough, but WHY aren't they good enough?

Greeno and Shack, great. Rossi Jarvis-is he going to get a chance of a few first team games, or is Worthy going to muddle by in putting Charlton or someone else in midfield, else stick a forward back in defence before trying and trusting a younger player there. Did anyone note all the kids in the Southampton team on Saturday? One, if not two, were 17!! Can you imagine us picking and trusting kids of that age in first team matches on a regular basis, as they will be doing, do we have any good enough?

I know we don't seem to be spending money in the right positions, but it would be great if the Academy could turn out more than one or two hopefuls every other year-wheres the next Shack?

Posted By: Martin Peters on August 24th 2005 at 10:01:36

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Learn From Ipswich (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Aug 24, 10:01:36
- Worthy never gives youth a chance - fact (n/m) (NCFC) - fond, Aug 24, 10:19:44
- Ultimately you can't polish a turd... (NCFC) - Delveg, Aug 24, 10:08:50
  - Well Yes-In That Case... (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Aug 24, 10:14:41
    - You're not going to get immediate results though... (NCFC) - Delveg, Aug 24, 10:18:11
      - The academy has been going a good 6 years now at least (n/m) (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 24, 10:20:34
        
        Are you sure, I thought that we didn't get... (NCFC) - Delveg, Aug 24, 10:25:33
        
        That was a requirement (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 24, 10:28:43
        
        Fair enough, but even still... (NCFC) - Delveg, Aug 24, 10:33:56
        
        Yeah thats fair enough (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 24, 10:37:48
        
        It could be a number of factors I think... (NCFC) - Delveg, Aug 24, 10:41:34
        
        agreed, i think (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 24, 10:46:26
  - How come we (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 24, 10:11:32
    - We used to be able to get players from all over the country... (NCFC) - Brom, Aug 24, 10:15:05
      - surely Sutton was local? (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 24, 10:16:44
      - Sutton from wales? i think not (n/m) (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 24, 10:15:45
    - Perhaps I didn't explain it... (NCFC) - Delveg, Aug 24, 10:13:03
      - it's true, not many were local. (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 24, 10:14:22
        
        wasn't Daryl Sutch loc ... oh! (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 24, 10:23:30
        
        Was Sutton local? (NCFC) - Delveg, Aug 24, 10:15:34
        
        went to heartsease didn't he? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 24, 10:16:31
        
        Sprowston High, wunt it? (NCFC) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 24, 10:20:04
        
        wussit? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 24, 10:22:57
        
        Wasn't Sprowston. I was wrong. (NCFC) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 24, 10:24:06
        
        Hellesdon High?? (NCFC) - Basil Wrathbone, Aug 24, 10:27:47
        
        hellesdon rather than heartsease. that might be right actually. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 24, 10:32:02
        
        Fucking Gorleston (n/m) (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Aug 24, 10:34:57
        
        All of it? (NCFC) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 24, 10:38:21
        
        See post above... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Aug 24, 10:45:50
        
        he may well have been, but I think he went to hellesdon. (n/m) (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 24, 10:36:22
        
        no, that was Danny Mills (n/m) (NCFC) - mr carra, Aug 24, 10:21:34
        
        Ah yeah. It was n'all. (NCFC) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 24, 10:23:22
        
        Fair enough (n/m) (NCFC) - Delveg, Aug 24, 10:19:07
        
        I thought he was from Gorleston (sp?)... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Aug 24, 10:17:37
- could not agree more (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 24, 10:05:38
- On the subject of young players (NCFC) - Winged Eel Creosote, Aug 24, 10:04:02
  - Russell was a good player (NCFC) - pants, Aug 24, 10:18:29
  - CC would disagree with you there Mr C... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Aug 24, 10:11:04
    - I do.. (NCFC) - camcan, Aug 24, 10:43:45
      - Silly hair though (n/m) (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Aug 24, 10:47:09
  - Worthy's lack of faith in our youth... (NCFC) - Basil Wrathbone, Aug 24, 10:10:20
    - Couldn't Worthy's wealth of midfielders comments be due to the (NCFC) - Swiss Yellow, Aug 24, 10:16:25
      - Micky Spillane... (NCFC) - Fierce Panda, Aug 24, 10:19:00
      - Prob not (NCFC) - DiscoDaleGordon, Aug 24, 10:18:19
        
        "its like giving a monkey a machine gun" (NCFC) - roywallerslovechild, Aug 24, 10:21:10
    - point taken. but we're not going to get morrison, are we? (NCFC) - Tricky Hawes, Aug 24, 10:12:11
  - Absolutely-Agree Re.Russell (NCFC) - Martin Peters, Aug 24, 10:10:04
    - Russell thought he was Maradona though... (NCFC) - Delveg, Aug 24, 10:14:27

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