Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Cocacolajojo wrote:Foreverinbluedreams wrote:Cocacolajojo wrote:It's a bit like Frank Arnesen. Had a supreme reputation for what he did at Ajax with the kids (I think) but it turns out he failed everywhere he went and was probably just lucky enough to oversee the transition of a talented generation from junior to senior football.
I also think the poor transition of youth players into our squad has to be pinned to Txiki. Like someone else said, were Rodwell and Sinclair really that much better as squad players than what we could have taken from our EDS? I don't think so.
They were signed before Txiki mate.
Yes they were, so I'll take that back but still contend that the lack of transition of players from the EDS to our squad has to be pinned on him. And again, I don't understand your last argument. Am I reading it wrong or what?
Regards the EDS, he can only do so much can't he? I mean he doesn't select which youth players should be part of matchday squads. Again I'm not saying he shouldn't face criticism for his part in this but there's a number of factors beyond his control to consider so it's perhaps unfair to pin it all on him?
He's the sporting director who should oversee the general sporting operations and make sure our sporting objectives are met. One of these has, from the beginning, been to bring through academy players into the squad. It has at least been advertised like that. When three different managers with different philosophies show the same tendency to not use EDS players and instead opt for the likes of Kolarov there seems to be something structurally amiss. I think that falls on Txiki.