From: SteveH on 10 Aug 2010 02:56 Mart van de Wege <mvdwege(a)mail.com> wrote: > > Our recent trophy hauls would suggest otherwise > > I have no dog in this fight, so don't take this the wrong way: your > statement does *not* disprove his. The trophies are not necessarily > correlated with academy success. In fact, a case could be made that > short term success can be gained by investing in buying players. Perhaps he was talking about the Academy trophies: Premier Reserve League North Champions 2010 Premier Reserve League National Playoff Winners 2010 Premier Academy League Winners 2010 Manchester Senior Cup Winners 2009 Lancashire Senior Cup Winners 2009 That covers most of what the academy players can win. -- SteveH
From: Mart van de Wege on 10 Aug 2010 03:04 italiancar(a)gmail.com (SteveH) writes: > Mart van de Wege <mvdwege(a)mail.com> wrote: > >> > Our recent trophy hauls would suggest otherwise >> >> I have no dog in this fight, so don't take this the wrong way: your >> statement does *not* disprove his. The trophies are not necessarily >> correlated with academy success. In fact, a case could be made that >> short term success can be gained by investing in buying players. > > Perhaps he was talking about the Academy trophies: > > Premier Reserve League North Champions 2010 > Premier Reserve League National Playoff Winners 2010 > Premier Academy League Winners 2010 > Manchester Senior Cup Winners 2009 > Lancashire Senior Cup Winners 2009 > > That covers most of what the academy players can win. Thanks. That's the kind of news that seldom makes it across the North Sea, so I'm glad of the knowledge. Regards, Mart -- "We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes." --- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.
From: Google Beta User on 10 Aug 2010 13:33 http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/european/7936347/Barcelona-agree-deal-for-Mesut-Ozil-with-Manchester-United-and-Chelsea-too-slow.html Telegraph says Barcelona and they say 8.3m.
From: Lord of War on 10 Aug 2010 14:05 On Aug 8, 7:31 pm, Google Beta User <wanyik...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > probably 13-18m pound range. > > http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/08/manchester-united-mesu... Not gonna happen MAN U has no money.
From: RED DEVIL on 10 Aug 2010 15:45
On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 08:30:49 +0200, Mart van de Wege <mvdwege(a)mail.com> wrote: >RED DEVIL <manutd11XX(a)bellsouth.net> writes: > >> On Mon, 9 Aug 2010 10:01:53 +1000, "The Scrutineer" >> <vlade4(a)bigpond.com> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>>"Lawrence13" <lawrence13(a)sky.com> wrote in message >>>news:0be492b3-4200-4060-8278-1b8b49938dcd(a)w30g2000yqw.googlegroups.com... >>>> On Aug 9, 12:31 am, Google Beta User <wanyik...(a)gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> probably 13-18m pound range. >>>>> >>>>> http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/aug/08/manchester-united-mesu... >>>> >>>> Come on, why would according to Red Devil, Fergie spend all that money >>>> and a poor mans Darren Fletcher. >>> >>>The academy isn't producing what it once did!!! >> >> Our recent trophy hauls would suggest otherwise > >I have no dog in this fight, so don't take this the wrong way: your >statement does *not* disprove his. The trophies are not necessarily >correlated with academy success. In fact, a case could be made that >short term success can be gained by investing in buying players. > >Mart It's a fact that most United starting lineups contain at least 50% of players that have graduated through the youth system. Compare that with any other successful English teams RED DEVIL |