Frank can you name one academy player who has NOT played first team who has gone on to do anything in the game?

County ranger wrote:Frank can you name one academy player who has NOT played first team who has gone on to do anything in the game?

Think over the last couple of seasons at least 4 have moved on for undisclosed fees.
Exile could name them but would have to dig out old threads.
2 keepers I think.
Currently the likes of TOE despite being in non league would be a huge step up on Maloney.

That's a no then

If we had a 17 year old good enough to play for our first team this season, he probably would've joined Man United a year ago. Our successes have come from picking up the scraps from the academies of the bigger clubs around us, Collins aside, and even we released him at one point.

The Elite Player Performance Plan has ensured that big clubs can hoover up any potential talent for peanuts to save paying big fees later. Clubs like us don't stand a chance holding onto youngsters so we are probably best to pick up guys like Abrahams and hope to rejuvinate their careers.

We should not have let TOE go. This was a big mistake.This will be contentious but when KMB came on as a sub at Oldham last year I thought that he was very good. Its odd what happens to some of these young players.

KMB is 27 so hardly a young player, can only agree with County ranger, I can't think of any acadamy player who hasn't featured in the first team going on to do anything in the game