| U23s thumped by Bristol City 15:55 - Feb 23 with 3096 views | A_Fans_Dad |
They will need to get back on track to guarantee their top spot by season's end.
Currently 4:0 to Bristol
They are only showing the top 12, Bristol must be below that in the league.
This is not a League, Match it is a group stage match, my bad. [Post edited 23 Feb 2017 16:11]
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 16:09 - Feb 23 with 2734 views | Snackajack |
There are only 12 teams in the league and Bristol City are not in it. This was a cup match. BCFC are in the division below - The Professional Development League. [Post edited 23 Feb 2017 16:11]
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 16:12 - Feb 23 with 2714 views | A_Fans_Dad |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 16:09 - Feb 23 by Snackajack |
There are only 12 teams in the league and Bristol City are not in it. This was a cup match. BCFC are in the division below - The Professional Development League. [Post edited 23 Feb 2017 16:11]
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Yes I just updated after checking it. | | | |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 18:23 - Feb 23 with 2485 views | sP7qupUf |
How strong a side have we got out? | | | |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 18:49 - Feb 23 with 2429 views | trampie |
Very bad result, Swans will probably have to win away to Bristol City now having just lost 0-4 to them at home, if Swans draw then Swans will need the result in the other game to go their way, if Swans lose they will be out of that particular competition. |  |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 18:55 - Feb 23 with 2398 views | PatchesOHoulihan |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 18:23 - Feb 23 by sP7qupUf |
How strong a side have we got out? |
exactly
results arent everything at under 23 |  |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 19:24 - Feb 23 with 2336 views | Lord_Bony |
The U23s are now 10 points clear of nearest challengers Fulham, with just four games of the campaign remaining. They are top of their league and it looks like promotion for them.
This was not a league match against Bristol, so does nt really count for much.
Well done guys. |  |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 19:32 - Feb 23 with 2309 views | Swanjaxs |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 19:24 - Feb 23 by Lord_Bony |
The U23s are now 10 points clear of nearest challengers Fulham, with just four games of the campaign remaining. They are top of their league and it looks like promotion for them.
This was not a league match against Bristol, so does nt really count for much.
Well done guys. |
Exactly! Bigger fish to fry next Tuesday against Hertha Berlin at the Liberty, Hertha beat Everton in the group stages so will probably be the best opponents they have faced all season including the teams they played from league's 1 and 2 |  |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 19:46 - Feb 23 with 2259 views | monmouth |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 18:49 - Feb 23 by trampie |
Very bad result, Swans will probably have to win away to Bristol City now having just lost 0-4 to them at home, if Swans draw then Swans will need the result in the other game to go their way, if Swans lose they will be out of that particular competition. |
Yeah Swans u23 are out of a cup. I'm in bits. Bits. |  |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 19:48 - Feb 23 with 2250 views | jasper_T |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 18:23 - Feb 23 by sP7qupUf |
How strong a side have we got out? |
Surprisingly strong. Apart from the keeper and one in midfield it was all regulars you'd expect to see playing. | | | |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 20:14 - Feb 23 with 2198 views | SwansNZ |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 19:46 - Feb 23 by monmouth |
Yeah Swans u23 are out of a cup. I'm in bits. Bits. |
Clement out. |  |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 20:23 - Feb 23 with 2174 views | epaul |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 20:14 - Feb 23 by SwansNZ |
Clement out. |
Toshack out! |  |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 20:24 - Feb 23 with 2172 views | Kilkennyjack |
Dont care about the result, great to see 6 Swansea based players representing us.
Surely this is the whole point ? |  |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 20:27 - Feb 23 with 2159 views | jasper_T |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 20:24 - Feb 23 by Kilkennyjack |
Dont care about the result, great to see 6 Swansea based players representing us.
Surely this is the whole point ? |
No, the whole point is to generate products and revenue for Swansea City PLC. | | | |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 21:05 - Feb 23 with 2084 views | Kilkennyjack |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 20:27 - Feb 23 by jasper_T |
No, the whole point is to generate products and revenue for Swansea City PLC. |
Well failing fecking massively then.
Folowing your logic we may as well scrap the u9's to u16's.
Just pull in other peoples products at 16 using new found financial muscle, stick them in a white shirt, and walk around all proud.
That approach had produced ......well, nobody to date.....
Lets hope Kenje, Alex Brey, Grimes, and the Scottish players can break through soon.
I prefer to see our local lads given a chance to develop. We can produce them. Proven. | |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 21:18 - Feb 23 with 2058 views | waynekerr55 |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 21:05 - Feb 23 by Kilkennyjack |
Well failing fecking massively then.
Folowing your logic we may as well scrap the u9's to u16's.
Just pull in other peoples products at 16 using new found financial muscle, stick them in a white shirt, and walk around all proud.
That approach had produced ......well, nobody to date.....
Lets hope Kenje, Alex Brey, Grimes, and the Scottish players can break through soon.
I prefer to see our local lads given a chance to develop. We can produce them. Proven. |
Actually that's the approach Brentford have gone for. They scrapped their academy as they developed the posters then the big clubs used EPPP to plunder them for peanuts |  |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 22:48 - Feb 23 with 1930 views | jasper_T |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 21:05 - Feb 23 by Kilkennyjack |
Well failing fecking massively then.
Folowing your logic we may as well scrap the u9's to u16's.
Just pull in other peoples products at 16 using new found financial muscle, stick them in a white shirt, and walk around all proud.
That approach had produced ......well, nobody to date.....
Lets hope Kenje, Alex Brey, Grimes, and the Scottish players can break through soon.
I prefer to see our local lads given a chance to develop. We can produce them. Proven. |
As people have told you before, the academy development was only completed last January so it's stupid to think things should already be paying off. The 18/19/20 year olds we have at the club weren't brought up within the finished product. Their "failure" is not a failure of this academy.
There are local lads in the development teams. They play alongside promising kids brought in from elsewhere. Players develop better when they compete with and play alongside greater quality teammates.
We're not missing out on the Joe Allens by bringing in Ryan Blair, Botti Biabi etc. Aaron Lewis, Owain Jones, Joe Rodon, Keston Davies, Connor Roberts & Josh Sheehan continue to get games.
Liam Cullen, Kieran Evans and Jack Evans are starting to see u23s game time now from the u18s side. | | | |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 23:10 - Feb 23 with 1910 views | Kilkennyjack |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 22:48 - Feb 23 by jasper_T |
As people have told you before, the academy development was only completed last January so it's stupid to think things should already be paying off. The 18/19/20 year olds we have at the club weren't brought up within the finished product. Their "failure" is not a failure of this academy.
There are local lads in the development teams. They play alongside promising kids brought in from elsewhere. Players develop better when they compete with and play alongside greater quality teammates.
We're not missing out on the Joe Allens by bringing in Ryan Blair, Botti Biabi etc. Aaron Lewis, Owain Jones, Joe Rodon, Keston Davies, Connor Roberts & Josh Sheehan continue to get games.
Liam Cullen, Kieran Evans and Jack Evans are starting to see u23s game time now from the u18s side. |
I don't need to be told stuff.
I can make my own mind up, thanks.
Your line makes no sense at all.
The old CoE achieved more than the Academy.
Thats criminal.
In short we have not even stayed the same, we have spent many millions and produced far less.
I am pleased that 6 local lads started tonight and i don't care about the result. | |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 23:14 - Feb 23 with 1894 views | marchamjack |
Look, it's very nice if our U23s do well. But if they totally bomb out and we produce maybe 1 genuine 1st teamer from a crp side. Job done.
That's it sorry. That's the whole point/value. |  |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 00:08 - Feb 24 with 1840 views | jasper_T |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 23:10 - Feb 23 by Kilkennyjack |
I don't need to be told stuff.
I can make my own mind up, thanks.
Your line makes no sense at all.
The old CoE achieved more than the Academy.
Thats criminal.
In short we have not even stayed the same, we have spent many millions and produced far less.
I am pleased that 6 local lads started tonight and i don't care about the result. |
So if you've decided that these millions have already been wasted (since they didn't somehow retroactively improve players from before they were spent) what's your solution? Spend more millions? Scrap the facilities? Only play local kids so that the best talent gets fed up and moves away to real academies that will nurture their talent better (and pay them more)? | | | |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 08:14 - Feb 24 with 1714 views | Dr_Winston |
Yes, the CoE that had been running for years produced more players than an Academy that was only finished less than eighteen months ago.
Top facts there KJ. |  |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 19:59 - Feb 24 with 1501 views | Kilkennyjack |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 08:14 - Feb 24 by Dr_Winston |
Yes, the CoE that had been running for years produced more players than an Academy that was only finished less than eighteen months ago.
Top facts there KJ. |
Ok Einstein, why should it be worse than CoE days ?
There is no reason.
You are giving an easy life to sub standard coaching and sub standard recruitment.
Hold people accountable.
Millions spent for nothing as things stand. Fact.
Its not good enough. | |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 20:12 - Feb 24 with 1483 views | Dr_Winston |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 19:59 - Feb 24 by Kilkennyjack |
Ok Einstein, why should it be worse than CoE days ?
There is no reason.
You are giving an easy life to sub standard coaching and sub standard recruitment.
Hold people accountable.
Millions spent for nothing as things stand. Fact.
Its not good enough. |
Perhaps because it takes more than eighteen months to develop a young footballer?
Does that really need to be explained? Seriously? | |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 23:00 - Feb 24 with 1388 views | Kilkennyjack |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 20:12 - Feb 24 by Dr_Winston |
Perhaps because it takes more than eighteen months to develop a young footballer?
Does that really need to be explained? Seriously? |
Does June 2013 and cat 2 academy status ring any bells ?
18 months ? Excuses mate, pure and simple ?
CoE - ben, joey, macca, jazz
Academy since June 2013 - sweet feck all
Does that really need explaining ? | |
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| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 11:53 - Feb 25 with 1317 views | jasper_T |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 23:00 - Feb 24 by Kilkennyjack |
Does June 2013 and cat 2 academy status ring any bells ?
18 months ? Excuses mate, pure and simple ?
CoE - ben, joey, macca, jazz
Academy since June 2013 - sweet feck all
Does that really need explaining ? |
4 years is probably the bare minimum for developing a footballer through an academy to senior level, and the club has been continually pushing things forward since then. Cat one facilities were completed just over a year ago.
If we've still not produced any more footballers of Shaun Macdonald's level two years from now then you'll have a fair point. | | | |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 12:02 - Feb 25 with 1308 views | Dr_Winston |
| U23s thumped by Bristol City on 23:00 - Feb 24 by Kilkennyjack |
Does June 2013 and cat 2 academy status ring any bells ?
18 months ? Excuses mate, pure and simple ?
CoE - ben, joey, macca, jazz
Academy since June 2013 - sweet feck all
Does that really need explaining ? |
The minimum age for any player to join an Academy is 9. So by your logic we should have a crop of 13/14 year olds ready to break into the first team any time now.
It can take a decade for an Academy to start developing players on a consistent level. A reality you continually fail to see with your short termist, short sighted desire to see the club piss away every penny into the pockets of players and agents instead of investing in the future. | |
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