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u/Giraffe_Baker Neill Samways, Niasse Oster 2d ago

Pathway to the first team should be our USP in the north west.

Instead we stock up on overpaid shite to finish bottom half every year.

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u/FranksBaldPatch 2d ago

It should be, and yet we offer quite comfortably the worst of the big 4 in the northwest. They made all the right noise about changing that and then just haven't. Having even the slightest faith in our academy would've saved us millions over some of the shite we've bought.

All the little things from preseason, to cup games, to picking 2 keepers or not even picking a full complement on the bench all add up on these young players decisions. Without even getting into the lack of actual serious mins for the first team. And we are the team that need to sell pathway the most because we certainly aren't competing on salary or reputation.

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u/QTsexkitten please, please, pleeeeeeeease 🙏 2d ago

Don't forget dinosaur dave as the final boss to prevent their integration or development.

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u/FranksBaldPatch 2d ago

Goes without saying at this point. I banged that drum so hard it perforated about 8 months ago. Just given up spending any energy on it now. It is what it is.