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 with most things, look at city. Once we also have an established squad where every player knows what are their roles and they can fully execute it, then we can throw in 1 or 2 players.
Right now we are still not clicking yet so the priority is to establish the automatisms and chemistry among the first team players