I’ve been thinking about this for some time. Since Arteta came in and the stakes have been raised every year, has it become too risky to let Academy players. I see us linked with so many young stars from other clubs. I always think to Hale End and wonder why none of the budding talents can’t get a chance to be in our depth. We have one of the best Academies in Europe and I feel like potential stars are being wasted in the academy or being put on strings of loans. Is that the new modern game or are our young talents not good enough?
As I think it is right what everyone says and the youth players can’t get easily in the first team, I still always think why does it work a bit more at other clubs than with us. Like a Palmer at City who looked at the start of the season that he could’ve been a decent player for City to play once in a while or off the bench. Also that Quansah guy from Liverpool who played when VvD was suspended, Im not sure but I think he did pretty decent. Thats why I wanted to see Walters for instance at the end of the Brentford game as an extra defender than Cedric