How does it contradict? How is it a mixed signal? They said their vision was to gave academy and first team together, ca had offered to move the first team there also.
I gave you the link to when you were angry with wasps. Then it suddenly changed back when they put out a statement. They used that as a reason for kicking them out and people are gargling it. Playing into the hands of wasps? Of course, you aren't doing that at all are you?
Defend at any cost? Ironic really considering your massive u turn after they did a bit of pr and turned the blame away from themselves.
At the start of the thread i said I'd doubt that the letter would make much difference.
Ot actually says this
"CCFC is moving towards the fully integrated football model whereby there is no longer a silo model in which Academy and the first team group rarely work together.
Dismantling the silos both promotes the acceleration of young players’ development and is aspirational for the younger players – they work with the first team group which includes former Academy players – therefore encouraging others to follow the very same pathway.
The vision incorporates a first team-Academy training facility – a facility that is designed and built to facilitate and future proof a Category One status. Having the first team and Academy working on the same site inspires.
CCFC is one of very few clubs in League One that has Category Two status Academy.
The Academy is a cornerstone of the club, has and continues to be a source of first team talent.
The Academy costs in excess of £1.2m per year – of which £500K is a grant. The rest of the funding comes from club income.
The Academy is not a profit centre. The value to the club is generating and cultivating talent locally by developing players who understand what the club means to supporters and whose ambition is to play in the CCFC first team.
Inevitably – and this is true of all but a handful of clubs at the top of the Premier League – there will be occasions when we lose players. Callum Wilson is a classic example. He was outstanding for us in the 13/14 season, but that attracted interest from other clubs. On a personal level, Callum was offered a life-changing deal and could well be playing in the Premier League next season.
The objective then becomes ensuring that the club maximises the return on its long term investment – given the Academy’s input over what can be a eight or nine year period."
This part being the contradiction
"The vision incorporates a first team-Academy training facility – a facility that is designed and built to facilitate and future proof a Category One status."
It talks about Cat 1, which the AEHC isn't. It talks about designing and building. Where? Not at the AEHC that's for sure. The statement actually not only seems to make a point of not mentioning the AEHC it also doesn't talk about partnership with others. That's a contradiction.
That needs addressing and the only companies PR that has anything to do with is CCFC's. You keep bringing Wasps into it though. That's bound to make the objection more believable.
