Mase wrote:nottsblue wrote:Dubciteh wrote:johnny crossan wrote:zuricity wrote:I'm reading that SEVEN City Academy players could be playing today at the Etihad !
What an incredible Organisation City has become.
Foden, Palmer, Lewis, Wilson- Esbrand, Bazanu, Larios, Lavia, Edozie = EIGHT
Its odd that larios started left back for them last week, we are desperate for a left back and he was never even mentioned yet there he is playing premier league football at 18 left back.
Doesn't mean he is good enough for us though
We’ll never know though Notts because they only get 3 minutes here and there. The fact Lavia and Larios are playing Premier League football and we’ve spent £60+ million on their replacements to act as backups for Rodri and Cancelo is a bit worrying.
Don’t forget these guys had been training with us and it was deemed they weren’t good enough for our squad. So we took the business decision to get good money. Yes they are playing in the PL. But at what level? Luke Shaw plays in the PL, doesn’t mean he’s good enough for us.
I would like to see the Academy produce more first teamers and I’ve banged this drum for a long time. It’s one thing the rags were good at when they ruled the roost. But we are the best side in the country and possibly in Europe, certainly in the top few, so to play for us you have to be special both on the field and have the right persona and attitude off it. Look at Sancho for example. Many questioned why we let him go and he did well in Germany. But would we want him now? No we wouldn’t and not least because of his lazy attitude. We were happy for Sane to leave and I suspect it was because of his persona and attitude and again he hasn’t set Bayern alight
Maybe these lads we have let go, we have done so partly for other reasons than football ability on the pitch?