Yep fair point.

Also worth bearing in mind though that our strategy also includes bringing academy players in from other clubs. Not just entirely 'grow your own'.

We developed, Godfrey, Aarons and Lewis... but they were scouted first, not coached from a young age (like Cantwell).

Posted By: norway on February 6th 2019 at 15:35:14

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It's all very well saying the club is in safe hands with Webber (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 6, 15:09:44
- But they’re not...... (n/m) (NCFC) - helvegtheowl, Feb 6, 20:59:56
- True and I do have a slight concern at how some of our academy teams are doing now (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 15:18:34
  - It’s a concern. (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Feb 6, 16:44:42
  - There are many contradictions at work here (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Feb 6, 16:08:34
    - Because 'improved performance' comes from 'real life conditions' (NCFC) - norway, Feb 6, 16:52:43
      - And yet the conditioning (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Feb 6, 17:10:14
        
        Fair enough... I suppose individuals may need different things. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Feb 6, 18:54:02
    - Well... (NCFC) - Pixelman, Feb 6, 16:20:00
      - playing devil's advocate for a mo (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Feb 6, 16:36:12
        
        Power seems to have a chance from what I’ve seen of him so far (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 16:39:29
        
        "not necessarily evidence that all the recent changes were needed" (NCFC) - norway, Feb 6, 16:50:49
        
        Yes things are going pretty well and Webber is doing well just (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 19:27:26
        
        But I've said this before (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Feb 6, 19:34:55
        
        Agreed (n/m) (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 6, 19:43:52
        
        One thing I do like though (NCFC) - Jim, Feb 6, 19:33:29
        
        he's talking about the overhaul at the Academy level (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 6, 17:41:46
        
        My bad. (n/m) (NCFC) - norway, Feb 6, 18:56:47
- True, but... (NCFC) - norway, Feb 6, 15:13:54
  - I'm not denying they've done outstanding work (NCFC) - Charles21, Feb 6, 15:19:14
    - Yep fair point. (NCFC) - norway, Feb 6, 15:35:14
      - And Maddison... (n/m) (NCFC) - APB, Feb 6, 16:11:56
  - ...and, if Max / Jamal etc weren't all that, would Webber not have found players of the (NCFC) - Maximum Aarons, Feb 6, 15:15:31
    - we'd have had a home grown player headache if he had.... (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Feb 6, 15:40:41
    - You'd think so. (NCFC) - norway, Feb 6, 15:18:03

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