... According to this study:
https://www.trainingground.guru/articles/academy-auditPretty good. Above Liverpool, and the most productive of all category 2 academies.
Another interesting point - stoke are 53rd and have a category one academy, what's going wrong there and at other low ranking cat 1 academies like Brighton and Sunderland?
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On contrast, one thing from that link is showing is how bad Swansea have done. They’re a premier league club with category one academy, but only 2 players last season who came through their academy played in the top five divisions of football in this country. Astonishingly bad.
Which ownership is most responsible, is the question.
the FA should be asking themselves where the other six teams are and why they've closed their Academies
It tells us nothing about how many youths were at an academy and the success rate as a percentage of that number.
Without knowing the attrition rate the table is meaningless.
Potentially it all looks a bit "never mind the quality feel the width".
From the parent's point of view, it also tells him nothing. It doesn't inform him on whether the academy only cherry-picked the very best prospects or any old riff-raff for example. It doesn't matter how good the academy and its training regime is if his kid is actually a bit rubbish!
http://www.getwestlondon.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/brentford-closed-academy-restructured-youth-11320185
There is also that Charlton have produced a lot of first team players but that first team has played in the third tier (5 seasons) and second tier (3 seasons) for the last 8 seasons.
I still think the academy is doing a good job.
The most significant is that it is top of the Cat B figures.
It transpires that Marcus Rashford is the only member of the current England squad who started at a Premier League club, and has never been sold or loaned to another club. Quite an indictment on the Premiership academy system.
Playing at a lower level can be quite an advantage in terms of experience. Leicester defender Harry Maguire had played 160 games by the time he was 20 (whilst on loan to Hull and Wigan). Nick Pope was loaned to six different clubs by Charlton, but is now thankful that he was able to break into men’s football at 16 and play about 150 games to gain experience. Pope reckons that he would never have gained the same benefits in academy football.
The Mirror also pointed out that Vardy and Pope played in non league football and yes Gomez was mentioned with his 'humble' start in football ...
Bit harsh on Swansea as the study only considers ENGLISH players and thus excludes any Welsh players they produce like Ben Davies and Joe Allen!
The seventh club is probably a surprise to the rest of the country considering how badly we have performed at senior level. One of my friends boy is at the our academy and despite him being a Palarse,(sorry I meant tosser), speaks well of the setup and staff down at Sparrows Lane. The young lads ambition is to play for us and then transfer to Real Madrid, not Palarse.
No time frame mentioned but my guess is that he wouldn't say that unless we've applied already or plan too soon.
Excellent news if true, Cat 1 status would be a huge boost.
And since we've got the architect of EPPP, Ged Roddy, in-house were bound to pass!