edgy
Well-Known Member
Birmingham have folded all academy teams u15 and below. Cant afford to keep it running basically.
Educational? That sounds a goodI always thought they got funding as they are educational as well I think?
Someone needs to be whispering in Jobe Bellingham’s ear to come to city’s academy
All football and education academies are linked to an education and training provider. That provider has access to education and skills funding agency money that is approximately 4k per student per year if on a full time programme.That statement reads as a very long way of saying we don't want to spend the money anymore.
Is the theory that places like the Strachan academy we've recruited from in the past pick up the slack? How do places like that work, do you have to pay to go there?
It has been on the edge a few times.Makes you wonder how we kept ours going given some of the shit we have been through.
It’s Beermingum innitAbsolutely stupid thing to do when money is tight and there are about to be restrictions on foreign imports.
Blues are such a badly run club, could easily be the next us.
That's a shame. Know some cov kids in their academy. At important age where they wither make it or become does abouts because they aint got academics to fall back on.
P.s theybsay Bellingham bro is overrated but that might be jealousy lol
I mean, I get your general point. But Che Adams didn’t come up through their academy, so I’m a bit confused.Strange decision really apart from Bellingham they sold Che Adams, who we let go at 14, a year or so ago for around £15mill. those two deals show the Acadamy works, I think Brum have a strange owner and despite those huge two transfer fees I don’t think their finances are that good.
I think we signed two or three U/18s this season products of our acadamy that’s probably as good as it gets most years. You do get the odd 16/17 year old scholars taken on before they are 18 though Bapaga being one here, but lucky if you get two or three a year taken on to full professional level it’s a tough dog eat dog world professional football.
Not directly I was giving an example where academies work should have explained more he was at Cov until being released at o14, then went to Oadby before being picked up by Sheffield United then moved to Brum, but he is an Acadamy product and imo makes the Birmingham decision a daft one.I mean, I get your general point. But Che Adams didn’t come up through their academy, so I’m a bit confused.
Are you sureMy lads club have had a few players go over there. Any decent players from aged 8 up will already be known to Cov, Leicester and Villa.
I think you are misunderstanding me. I mean players that are already in the academy at Blues. Were in the academy as it may be now.Are you sure
If you do not have the physical stature at that age, you will not shine. The smaller players, and late physical developers would quite often not be identified until much later - unless they are exceptional
He’ll not be leaving. He’s already playing in their u18s and so would be on their B or C team.If I were Robins/Adam Bridgeford I'd do everything in my power to get Jude Bellingham's brother to the club.
Apparently he's a better player than Jude.
Wasn’t it Ranson and Hoffman who wanted to shut ours down?
One of the positives of being generally shit at some points in the last 10-15 years is we were forced to play the likes of Christie Wilson Maddison bayliss etc. They probably wouldn’t of been given a chance otherwise. Going to take a special player to break through from the academy under the current regime, I do believe Robins would give anyone good enough a chance though. Bapaga looks the most likely at the moment.
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