I suppose there are two different elements to it. Recruitment and development and

It’s clear that in terms of recruitment at youth level we were doing pretty well. It will probably be four or five years before we can really judge whether the current recruitment at academy level has been as successful.

Who knows in terms of development. Clearly having a coach prepared to play young players has helped albeit in some cases it was probably a no brained to give them a go.

I’m not convinced our academy was as much of a shambles as is being made out (although I’ve heard conflicting reports on Ricky Martin) but then again it’s not unusual for someone coming into a role and wanting to make their mark to perhaps overegg how bad things were before they came!

Posted By: Jim on January 5th 2020 at 15:03:01

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That Gregg Broughton did a great job for us as Academy Director. (NCFC) - Bonjour, Jan 5, 14:17:43
- Yes it’s interesting that every young player who has broken through (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 5, 14:37:53
  - When I say by I mean under Broughton. (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 5, 14:38:51
    - Iirc we were looking at someone playing against Coventry (NCFC) - city_lad, Jan 5, 14:40:36
      - we were watching our Murphy on loan at Cov (n/m) (NCFC) - pab, Jan 5, 16:03:05
      - Yes, a good question Jim. I guess the counter argument would be.. (NCFC) - Bonjour, Jan 5, 14:45:18
        
        I suppose there are two different elements to it. Recruitment and development and (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 5, 15:03:01
- Who does he work for now? (n/m) (NCFC) - loz, Jan 5, 14:19:56
  - He was in Norway the last I heard. There was a decent article about (NCFC) - Bonjour, Jan 5, 14:23:49

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