There is always a spin you can put on something

And maybe City were 82nd best at producing players with a F in their surname who were born within 200 yards of the training ground.
But the FAYC winning side produced SEVEN players who played for the NCFC first team. Did 80 other clubs better that?
And in 2016/17 the Academy was ranked 20th nationally for producing players who were playing in league football
While in PL-affiliated competitions in 2017/18 the U10s were 2nd (to Man C), the U11s were top 8, the U14s were semi-finalists and the U18s top 8.

Any Academy that recruited and was nurturing x2 Murphys, Godfrey, Cantwell, Aarons & Lewis is hardly a failure, is it?

Posted By: Henclrikus on July 14th 2020 at 09:52:44

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football spin in action (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 09:31:51
- I remember Doomcaster pulling the same trick, except it took much longer (NCFC) - Old Git, Jul 14, 12:34:57
- And your point is... ? (n/m) (NCFC) - helvegtheowl, Jul 14, 12:30:52
- We must have been doing something right as Lewis, Aarons, Godfrey and Cantwell were (NCFC) - thirsty work, Jul 14, 11:25:10
- why should the club spend time correcting tabloid reports? better things to be doing, no? (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 14, 11:11:58
  - a press officer gets the club message across (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 11:22:23
- The difference with Farke/Webber is they are hell-bent on playing our youth (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Jul 14, 10:48:06
  - pretty much every manager plays youth (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 11:03:23
    - Exactly this. Wish Webber would quit the spin (NCFC) - Merrysummer, Jul 14, 11:10:46
      - yep, his whole 'revolution' is based around selling assets that predated him (NCFC) - Mecagoenti, Jul 14, 15:34:03
  - Well they do say the youth are hungry for the opportunity (NCFC) - KetteringRyu, Jul 14, 10:52:21
    - Exactly by playing Maddison and this year cantwell (NCFC) - Pukki Pies, Jul 14, 11:02:30
      - That is another interesting interpretation (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 11:13:38
        
        All of which have all gone on to do nothing with there careers (NCFC) - Pukki Pies, Jul 14, 11:18:50
- Tbf our Academy hadn't produced much for a number of years (NCFC) - Azteca, Jul 14, 09:55:41
  - and that is accurate, too (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 10:04:38
- Doesn’t the 82nd out of 92 relate to ... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 14, 09:37:34
  - There is always a spin you can put on something (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 09:52:44
    - 7 first teamers from the FAYC side...are you sure? Obvs both Murphys and perhaps Morris, (NCFC) - WestYorksCanary, Jul 14, 10:09:56
      - Jacob, Josh, Morris (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 10:15:51
  - Until the Murphys our academy graduation was very poor for quite a while (NCFC) - jamesward, Jul 14, 09:39:40
    - Darren EADIE Craig BELLAMY Ryan JARVIS (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 14, 09:46:17
      - Didn't forbes coote broughton Henderson all Come threw with bellamy (n/m) (NCFC) - Pukki Pies, Jul 14, 11:43:24
        
        Indeed, + Chris Llewellyn, but again they were mid/late 1990's. Not many 2000-2015 and (NCFC) - Saucerer, Jul 14, 12:39:07
        
        26 grads 2002-2012, nearly 5000 total Lge apps (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 13:08:49
      - Christ, that was decades ago (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Jul 14, 09:56:03
        
        Dave STRINGER, Maurice NORMAN (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 10:18:18
      - Chris SUTTON Dale GORDAN (n/m) (NCFC) - essexcanaryOTBC, Jul 14, 09:46:44
        
        Far too long ago. Are you going to claim Justin Fashanu next? (NCFC) - Saucerer, Jul 14, 10:06:30
        
        ten or more in your specified time-frame (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 10:25:57
        
        probably over 1000 Lge appearances by NCFC graduates 2002-2012 (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 10:36:28
        
        how many graduates though? (n/m) (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 14, 11:19:23
        
        really??!! It all averages out. (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 11:33:20
        
        eh? (NCFC) - CWC, Jul 14, 11:40:00
        
        ah, I thought there was an angle. my bad (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 11:54:07
        
        math fail. Make that nearer 5000 appearances. (n/m) (NCFC) - Henclrikus, Jul 14, 11:57:46
- And Todd was already in the academy (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Jul 14, 09:37:17
  - As said the other day McNally deserves a lot of credit ... (NCFC) - loz, Jul 14, 09:42:10

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