From: Mart van de Wege on
RED DEVIL <manutd11XX(a)bellsouth.net> writes:

> On Tue, 10 Aug 2010 22:58:59 +0200, Mart van de Wege
> <mvdwege(a)mail.com> wrote:
>
>>RED DEVIL <manutd11XX(a)bellsouth.net> writes:
>>
>>> 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
>>
>>Oh sure. And I'm quite willing to believe that their youth scheme is
>>part of their success.
>>
>>However, logically your statement is not a refutation of the
>>original. It is quite possible that the recent trophy hauls are due to
>>smart buying of players. Without an exhaustive analysis of each player's
>>part in the successes, you can't make definitive statements.
>>
>>Mart
>
> Manchester United have always had an excellent youth system,

Well yes, I know.

Again, that's not the point.

Are you sure you actually read what I wrote?

Mart

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"We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes."
--- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.
From: JAB on
On 11/08/2010 1:16 AM, Legend-11 wrote:
> Ahh, but if one was to go with the theory of quantum mechanics, it would
> be both here and there at the same time.

Surely you wouldn't quite know where it was or you wouldn't quite know
how fast it was going?
From: RED DEVIL on
On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:50:53 +0200, Mart van de Wege
<mvdwege(a)mail.com> wrote:

>The academy isn't producing what it once did!!!

Is what I read
RED DEVIL
From: Mart van de Wege on
RED DEVIL <manutd11XX(a)bellsouth.net> writes:

> On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 06:50:53 +0200, Mart van de Wege
> <mvdwege(a)mail.com> wrote:
>
>>The academy isn't producing what it once did!!!
>
> Is what I read

Well, I hope you realise those weren't *my* words. However, the way you
snipped the attribution lines, they now appear to be, thank you very
much.

Mart

--
"We will need a longer wall when the revolution comes."
--- AJS, quoting an uncertain source.
From: RED DEVIL on
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!!!

It's producing far more and better players than Arsenal's academy
RED DEVIL