Quote: Dita's Slot Meter "Of course it's short term - We don't have an academy that produces any players in the number needed to be a successful side, so we have to constantly gamble in the transfer market.
If we had spent the money we have wasted on the many flops of the last 20 years on setting up a state of the art academy instead, we would be in a far stronger place than we presently are.'"
I don't disagree but we haven't we been told for 15 years+ that our Academy is doing well?
Trouble is other clubs have first dibs over the most promising players due to their pedigree.