I think you need to be very careful

because if you dare to offer any criticism of the current NCFC setup then you will be branded with a D, and exposed as the heretic you clearly are.

Notwithstanding:
We have spent £4m on Wright, £1.5m on Chrisene, £1.5m on McConville, £8m on Crnac & £5m on Jurasek.
If Farke had had that kind of cash to spend I really doubt that the likes of Aarons, Lewis, Godfrey, Cantwell & Idah would have got as far as they did at NCFC.

Criticism of us as a yo-yo team being relliant on parachutes was tempered by the fact that our spend on incoming players was usually pretty low and the healthy number of Academy-grads that come through. But their progress was partly reliant on the shallow depth chart (Lewis replaced Husband; Aarons replaced an ageing Pinto; Godfrey replaced a knacked Klose)

With five or six Acad-grads seemingly on the verge of progression to being regular first-teamers it is a bit of a surprise to see them being eased out.

It is very complicated and nuanced, not forgetting that football recruitment is still hit-and-miss.

Posted By: Henclrikus, Feb 7, 16:04:21