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Yep, and if I remember rightly he played 1 game for us coming on as a striker in the promotion season. Now a decent championship centre back. Can't understand why we did let him go because I saw him play 3 or 4 games for Grays in the conference at centre back that season and he looked decent.bearaab wrote:Wasn't Harlee Dean from our academy?
Oh they do Mike and the better your status the more you get. As for clutching at straws Mike I am more akin to a drowning man gasping for air. Tomorrow I know there is buckets of shit that are going to be tipped over my head if we lose.Mike the Dagger wrote:Properly clutching at straws there Sussex. This is a shocking result any way you look at it.SUSSEX DAGGER wrote:Thought the final score was 4-4 , so we drew with a Club Youth team from a lesser Club if that's what they are.Mike the Dagger wrote:
They are "scholars", they are coached and train every day. You could see the difference in physique between the players for Stevenage and for Aveley on Monday.
If Woodbridge Town can pick up a team locally that can beat our expensively funded and coached Academy for nothing, in fact i would suspect the kids parents pay a significant fee for the priviledge, then what is the point of it?
According to another thread here the Academy costs us £500k per season.
Also the 500k that it costs the Club is heavily subsidised by FA funding owing to the status granted, a status that many tried but very few acheived.
How much do the FA pay? Where is that documented?
Wrong! Thommo said at the last fans forums that we have to find £500k ourselves every season to fund the academy.SUSSEX DAGGER wrote: Also the 500k that it costs the Club is heavily subsidised by FA funding owing to the status granted, a status that many tried but very few acheived.
£500k is paid by FA/premier league and must be spent on the academy, it is given to all football league clubs regardless of status Sussex.Mike the Dagger wrote:Properly clutching at straws there Sussex. This is a shocking result any way you look at it.SUSSEX DAGGER wrote:Thought the final score was 4-4 , so we drew with a Club Youth team from a lesser Club if that's what they are.Mike the Dagger wrote:
They are "scholars", they are coached and train every day. You could see the difference in physique between the players for Stevenage and for Aveley on Monday.
If Woodbridge Town can pick up a team locally that can beat our expensively funded and coached Academy for nothing, in fact i would suspect the kids parents pay a significant fee for the priviledge, then what is the point of it?
According to another thread here the Academy costs us £500k per season.
Also the 500k that it costs the Club is heavily subsidised by FA funding owing to the status granted, a status that many tried but very few acheived.
How much do the FA pay? Where is that documented?
Shame we couldn't keep hold of him and I'm surprised saints let him go.TommyD&R wrote:Yep, and if I remember rightly he played 1 game for us coming on as a striker in the promotion season. Now a decent championship centre back. Can't understand why we did let him go because I saw him play 3 or 4 games for Grays in the conference at centre back that season and he looked decent.bearaab wrote:Wasn't Harlee Dean from our academy?