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Originally Posted by Oldfan
You really do have a lot of detail there. Are these all facts, or hearsay? For example, you mention Everton and Liverpool offering fees and they're not been followed up? From what I've seen, the club board chase every penny. As for signing as a pro at 17, why should that be automatic? If they're good enough then sign them, but my understanding is that the League clubs tap up the parents anyway. In fact, I believe Everton scouts were banned from Colliers because of that type of approach. I guess there are may interpretations of facts its just who you get them from.
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All are fact, another poster who tried to pass it off as hearsay was offered the opportunity to pop down Colliers to look at correspondences by someone far more in the know than most on the CoE a while back from what I remember. Unsurprisingly, I dont think that offer was take up, the person who offered has no association with the club anymore sadly.
Who said it should be automatic? Plenty of ways around things as stated, it's easier not to bother though.
God help these young lads if we do reach the EFL once again, two contracts can be handed out, one forbidding a young lad once released from ever signing for another professional football club. I hope we dont use such contracts ever! The other requires a club to basically confirm their release so they can play else where, however when correspondences aren't replied to or it takes months opportunities are often lost.
If they chase every penny, and I know this was suggested. Why haven't they seemed out a sponsor for the CoE? They have one for practically everything else. Best bit is they refused to do this ffs!
We were also promised more news on the CoE, it was a promising start, but because on the whole some sides struggled. That information once again like has become far too common a theme has been withheld again.
How do the board expect to drum up interest when it goes unreported, only the die hards know what the odd result was. RP alone used to pump in a lot of cash, not anymore and I dont see any chasing going to get it going again.
Chester up the road take every opportunity to shout about their academy which is paying dividends in keeping it going, over a 1000 people attended one youth game against Gateshead a few months back which generated a fair bit of money for their academy.
No such forward thinking at Wrexham, let alone leadership, all seems a bit rudderless.