Are we being over sold this supposed pipeline then Smithy because whatever it is it dosnt seem to be delivering guys capable of competing for regular spots.Maybe the guys we are producing just arnt good enough if thats the case lets stop sugar coating it for them and pretending they are better than they actually.
You're not being sold anything. Whether the kids are being oversold who knows.
I think there are signs that a couple of prospects are emerging. Singh seems to be the next great hope. I like Liam Wood. But it's still a trawling exercise. Find good players, keep them around until you decide if they're useful and if they don't turn out to be up to much cut them loose and look for the next one.
Thing is though the Academy seems to be the only part of the club that's running smoothly! Perhaps people just have too high hopes for it. The time when we'll see a team stacked full of Academy graduates is: never.
Isn't it a little strange that we had Rojas and Kosta come through (obviously Rojas was a special case, but still..) in a reasonably short time frame - and Fenton, for that matter - but since then no others have pushed on? And Fenton has regressed spectacularly (with a poor run of injuries, to be fair)?
Even then Kosta struggled to get on the pitch. We're far too resistant to play our young players in a league where
1) We are kak already
2) There is no relegation.
Even Ridenton who is finally getting a run is only getting a run out of position at right back. How is he supposed to gain confidence playing there?