** Summer Transfer Window 2011/12 Season Rumours/Signings **
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See some of us got a warning for sudgesting that we set alight DM, but i like the way you think
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The amount of work Benitez did in so little time after getting control of the youth setup was amazing. I can understand supporters of other clubs criticising him without realising what he did but the former Liverpool players that criticised him through the media are scum.
See some of us got a warning for sudgesting that we set alight DM, but i like the way you think
There'll only be a few teams in it because the top teams in every nation hoard the best players!
On another note anyone know what's going on with QPR?
They have a gaggle of rich owners, have patiently worked their way into the EPL... Then still won't spend any money
Is there something going on or do the owners run it like Cashley does Newcastle? Just to make money for themselves.
They have a gaggle of rich owners, have patiently worked their way into the EPL... Then still won't spend any money
Is there something going on or do the owners run it like Cashley does Newcastle? Just to make money for themselves.
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The amount of work Benitez did in so little time after getting control of the youth setup was amazing. I can understand supporters of other clubs criticising him without realising what he did but the former Liverpool players that criticised him through the media are scum.
Got to love the British media.. how he would never win anything with that 'defensive' 4-2-3-1 formation, but since Crapello started to experiment with it, suddenly its flavour of the month .. if its good enough for England and all that.
Yep, Kenny was the one really pushing for it whilst he was Academy director type personal at Liverpool, and now its finally a reality.
Not many 'top' English clubs in it though, they were offered the chance to take part but most rejected it.. strange that.
Currently confirmed (along with Liverpool):
Barcelona, Inter Milan, Manchester City, Celtic, Marseille, Tottenham, Aston Villa, Sporting Lisbon, Wolfsburg, Molde, PSV Eindhoven, FC Basel, Fenerbahce, Rosenborg, B.Munich, PSG
The PL are making changes to academy and reserve football too for a few seasons time.
Academy football is limited to U17's
Reserve is renamed to 'U21's league' and is .. as said, under 21 only.
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Does that mean injured players won't be able to play games to get back their fitness if they are over 21?
Yes, they require to arrange 'special friendly' games instead, which still occurs today (not all teams enter the current reserve league for example).
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Sorry but you're talking out your arse, I didn't say they had to come in under 7, but most of them didn't start at 15, only 4 on your list did, one has barely ever played, one is a rubbish defender, the other 2 are good. SWP can be considered a success even though he's actually almost completely useless, however, he joined your youth set up 13 years ago. Since then you've produced Onouha, Richards, Sturridge.......... wow.
You said you had a great youth setup, not that you produced a few players, I didn't say it was a rubbish setup, or massively worse than others in the England, its simply so far away from being great, that its a joke.
Heres a hint for you, playing for a premiership team doesn't make you a great footballer, being picked for England does not make you a great footballer, being a great footballer makes you a great footballer, 3 of the 6 you listed could be considered having the potential to be great, one of those is most certainly NOT a product of your youth setup, the other two are.
I think if we started a thread with everyone trying to list every crap player who managed to play for their country, or in the EPL, it would be a ridiculously long thread with hundreds and hundreds of names.
SWP, Richards, Sturridge, over 13 years, wow.
We can end this argument now by all agreeing that Liverpool's new academy is the best!
Flooding the lower age international teams, about 50% come from our academy now..
Okay, so the team's still crap, but we'r the cream of the crap
On another note anyone know what's going on with QPR?
They have a gaggle of rich owners, have patiently worked their way into the EPL... Then still won't spend any money
Is there something going on or do the owners run it like Cashley does Newcastle? Just to make money for themselves.
didnt they have a big falling out and the likes of ecclestone and briatore have walked away?
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sorry it looks like the briatore and the gang are responsible for fleecing the fans and it was the chairman who resigned in protest
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