Talking of The Athletic

I see from their (endless) feed a story about Ben White (£25m rated Eng international defender)

Apparently he was let go by Soton when he was 16.

Southampton, the apparent gold-standard for recruitment & development.

#Recruitment is a crapshoot
#Youth development is double crapshoot

Posted By: Henclrikus on June 9th 2021 at 10:04:08

Message Thread

Talking of The Athletic (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 9, 10:04:08
- There is a lot to be said for the Brentford model (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jun 9, 10:07:12
  - London? (Other Football) - Eric Morecambe, Jun 9, 12:43:55
    - Both an argument in favour of Brentford's approach given they signed after being released (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jun 9, 13:19:29
      - if we are being pedantic (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 9, 13:49:57
        
        The Brentford model is to only sign players up at 17 (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jun 9, 16:30:44
  - Agreed 👍 (n/m) (Other Football) - helvegtheowl, Jun 9, 11:34:41
  - we disagree on the Brentford model (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 9, 10:19:20
    - Do we manage to recruit teenagers from the London area though? (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jun 9, 10:55:31
      - Yes. (n/m) (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 9, 10:58:24
        
        That's good. Any that have broken through? (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jun 9, 12:01:51
        
        there's this lad called Jacob Murphy. Ever heard of him? (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 9, 12:05:31
        
        If we're going to be pernickety, I think you'll find they weren't teenagers (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jun 9, 13:20:45
        
        I didn't realise they were from London. (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jun 9, 13:11:47
        
        I wonder if it's heard of (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 9, 12:17:53
        
        I'm a bit confused by this exchange, but (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 9, 12:32:15
        
        I am not sure Max is a good example (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 9, 12:54:47
        
        That's interesting, thanks (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jun 9, 13:08:14
        
        ah, fair enough. (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 9, 12:59:17
        
        Yet it didn't seem to know that WE recruit teenagers from the London area (Other Football) - Winged Eel Creosote, Jun 9, 12:48:48
        
        "it"? (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jun 9, 13:09:15
        
        Why ‘it’? (n/m) (Other Football) - Tricky Hawes, Jun 9, 12:52:08
        
        Correct. As is Jamal Lewis (n/m) (Other Football) - SimonOTBC, Jun 9, 12:33:58
  - We can sign yoofs from antwhere in the country fpr peanuts as we have a top rated (n/m) (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Jun 9, 10:15:41
    - in theory (n/m) (Other Football) - CWC, Jun 9, 10:34:16
      - why "in theory" ? (Other Football) - Henclrikus, Jun 9, 10:56:17
    - academy (n/m) (Other Football) - Larry Hagman, Jun 9, 10:15:59

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