Re: Home grown players : Thu Oct 14, 2010 6:35 pm
inside_man wrote:
But doesn't that have to happen every so often so you can build on that next time around?
But that is what we HAVE been doing!
People have looked at the figures and seen young players. ( ) But that is not what the figures are referring to. They are referring to home grown players and we have been leading the way since 2007.
Keiron Cunningham and Paul Wellens - ancient and have been at Saints forever - both home grown.
James Graham and James Roby - aged 24/25 - home grown
Paul Clough - aged 23/24 - home grown
Chris Dean and Scott Moore - aged 22/23 - home grown
Kyle Eastmond and Gary Wheeler - aged 21/22 - home grown
Jamie Foster and Jonny Lomax - aged 20 - home grown
(And there are more than those mentioned above, obviously, including the likes of Ian Hardman, Matty Smith and Ste Tyrer who have come and gone in those years as well as a number of other very young players who made their debuts during 2009/2010)
We've been doing exactly as you suggest for a few years now and we have not been replacing the older players who have been leaving with the same number of imports or older players. In fact, although we have bought three players in for 2011, we bought only one for each season of 2009 and 2010, while losing seven first team players during the same period.