Recent content by Jamieblue7

Incorrect, been a cat 2 for 3 seasons now. Went into cat 3 5 years ago and then realised quickly it couldn't compete with what's around them. Sorry

That was the first goal scored by right back jack Hickman. A poacher from full back.

Incorrect again Rupert. The academy budget is around 1.2 million. With 600k coming from a grant from premier league. If you go and speak to people there they are a happy to discuss

Rupert. Is that a fact or an opinion. If it's fact let's have it. If it's an opinion then your welcome to it. I bet the club have a cat 2 academy next season. That's my opinion

And the academy need 4 grass pitches. That's without 1st team and 21s. How on earth does 2 pitches turn into 6. Really !! Please

For the record. Wigan are category 3. I have read in depth the differences between cat 2 and 3. There is a marked difference. Pitch space, and access to indoor and outdoor as exclusive use is vital. So from what I understand not as easy as you say. I may be wrong.

I laugh at things that are funny. This current situation doesn't rank on my laughter scale.

category 1 through to category 4 academy structure. Hope this clears the overly funny reply.

Just to be clear. There is no such thing as a centre of excellence anymore. That was changed with the introduction of EPPP 4 years ago. It's Cat1-4 from here on in

Not strictly true. Under 9s Played 4x20 minutes. And 2 games at the same time. So in full that's 8 periods of 6 aside. There were goals flying in both ends. Man City have a 4.5 million pound academy with unlimited resources. My lad loves every minute representing the clubs academy, were they...

Evidence and fact. Hmm. I would suggest neither party want to harm the running of the academy, however one party has funded for the past number of years and the other wants to use it as a selling point to potential investors. However to sell to potential investors they need to know where the...

I don't believe insurance has anything to do with it. Do you think everyone who uses the centre are insured. The centre provide a facility that presumably they run risk assessments on. It looks to me people are looking behind all of the wrong reasons

The 2k between jan and march is to my understanding additional usage due to the long bout of bad weather. We were told by Higgs people that the initial rent is paid up front so it's not a bad debt just an extra payment .???

so I have just continued reading the eppp rules available on premier league site. You can only keep a non signed boy at the academy for a period of 6weeks in any one season. Players can then go into development centres. Ccfc sbitc run elite advanced centres which sit underneath the academy...

Ok sounds great, better get the formula. I might get a job in football. 50% really?? Only last week I read a report saying only 2% get through the system.