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Originally Posted by GiggityGiggityGiggityGoo
No, you're just ignorant.
How about Wimbledon then?
Southampton played a 16 year old Gareth Bale in the first team and sold him,, Theo Walcott and countless others like Luke Shaw -all 16 playing in the first team- long before the top clubs knew of their talent. Oh and because you're clearly unaware, any player under 15 can only sign a year long contract at any league academy, after that they're free to leave should they wish, so not much more protection is it?
Make a pathway and make it enjoyable and they'll stay.
Keep making excuses though.
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Wimbledon were promoted from here years ago. The league has changed dramatically since they went up.
Southampton are a much bigger club financially than us and have regular premiership. Top league monies....yes they had a brief stint in league 1 but they are not a great comparison.
Much more of a comparison is Tranmere who after 3 years down here decided to ditch their academy. It's just too costly at our level.