Can anyone help me out here....?

[floyd the barber]

when was the last time we bought a youngster who actually went on and made the grade with us..

 

It seems we`ve been buying potential and the next best thing for years and i cant think of one who has actually made the grade with us....

 

Agger and sissoko dont really count as they were already full internationals and regulars at club level....im talking about those snapped up with the words "most sought after youngster in the world" attached to their name.....

 

Im really struglling to think of just one........

[_00_deathscar]

So apart from the youngsters who've made it but don't count, you're asking who've we bought that has made it?

 

Interesting angle...

[floyd the barber]

eh? sissoko and agger were already fully fledged internationals and regulars...they hardly count

 

Im talking about the likes of..

vignal,le tallec,pongolle,Antonio Barragan.........etc,etc

Edited October 10, 2007 by Lets get Masched

[growler]

it has been a concern, but I will hold judgement on Rafa's buys.

 

You have to think what would have happened to Ronaldo or Cesc if they had joined us?

 

What would have happened to Le Tallec or Pongo at the scum or a***?

[Woodsyla]

  Lets get Masched said:

when was the last time we bought a youngster who actually went on and made the grade with us..

 

Rafa's only been here 5 years. none of the youngsters he's brought in are going to be read yet. You are talking about Houllier buys which were flops.

 

I think Insua is the one most likely

[cymrococh]

Pongolle has been a success, just not with us.

[Nerik]

At a stretch, Scott Carson?

[Hassony]

  Paul Caruso said:

Pongolle has been a success, just not with us.

 

not quite the new henry we were hoping he would be

[floyd the barber]

  Nerik said:

At a stretch, Scott Carson?

 

 

yeah thats a bit of a stretch....was already playing first team football for his former club, joins us and hardly gets a look in....cant see him staying around to be honest, hes too good to be sitting in our reserves and deserves a shot at being england number 1, hes not gonna get that with us having Reina.

[Guest Paul AB]

rafa cant do anythnig right.

[_00_deathscar]

  Lets get Masched said:

yeah thats a bit of a stretch....was already playing first team football for his former club, joins us and hardly gets a look in....cant see him staying around to be honest, hes too good to be sitting in our reserves and deserves a shot at being england number 1, hes not gonna get that with us having Reina.

 

He was on the Leeds bench...

[Bootle Buck]

Contrast that to Arsene Wenger who has pretty much bought only youngsters in the past few years who now make up his first team. He obviously has the confidence in his purchases where Rafa seems to buy them and then get shut in a short time frame.

[fred milne]

  Lets get Masched said:

when was the last time we bought a youngster who actually went on and made the grade with us..

 

It seems we`ve been buying potential and the next best thing for years and i cant think of one who has actually made the grade with us....

 

Agger and sissoko dont really count as they were already full internationals and regulars at club level....im talking about those snapped up with the words "most sought after youngster in the world" attached to their name.....

 

Im really struglling to think of just one........

It was only really Le Tallec and Sinama who had that kind of billing though.

[Guest Paul AB]

  Bootle Buck said:

Contrast that to Arsene Wenger who has pretty much bought only youngsters in the past few years who now make up his first team. He obviously has the confidence in his purchases where Rafa seems to buy them and then get shut in a short time frame.

 

so every single youngsgter wenger has bought has made it?

 

hmmm.

[Hassony]

  Paul AB said:

so every single youngsgter wenger has bought has made it?

 

hmmm.

 

mever mind the fact that rafa has only been here kust over 3 years while wenger  has been here for over 10 years

[Leroy]

There is one kid who I think will make it, 16 year old from Dovecot, name is Adam Wilson got called up from the Academy to join the Youth team, really worth looking out for, possibly another SG, JM in the making. Theres a bit about him & video on the offal site under youth bit.

[Guest Anders Honoré]

JM?

[Maldini]

  Redden said:

There is one kid who I think will make it, 16 year old from Dovecot, name is Adam Wilson got called up from the Academy to join the Youth team, really worth looking out for, possibly another SG, JM in the making. Theres a bit about him & video on the offal site under youth bit.

 

He hit the bar with a great shot for the u18s at the weekend.

 

As for the original post, we've only really started investing heavily in young players since Rafa took over, Hobbs, Roque, Antwi and Anderson were the first lot to come (Barragan has already left) all 4 of them are only 18/19. It's rare for players to break through that young, besides I don't think we've had the infrastructure in place to properly recruit young players until the last 18 months, the caliber of player we've brought in since then has been higher.

 

It'll probably be another 2 to 3 years before we see the benefit of Rafa's investment in youth.

[Leroy]

  Anders Honoré said:

JM?

 

Jimmy Melia dont you know nothing JC

[Guest Paul AB]

  Maldini said:

It'll probably be another 2 to 3 years before we see the benefit of Rafa's investment in youth.

 

he'll be well gone by then. hounded out by the short termists for not winning the title by october playing "entertaining football"

 

pity, as he's put a long term structure in place

[Guest Paul AB]

  Hassony said:

mever mind the fact that rafa has only been here kust over 3 years while wenger has been here for over 10 years

 

if only we'd had the 18 million to buy walccott and denilson.

 

[growler]

you would expect at the end of this season that either some will be shipped out, or will be part of the first team squad. I'm thinking about hobbs, antwi, Roque and Anderson, the first batch and Hammill and Guthrie.

 

Its not only about how many make it at Liverpool, but whether they become good footballers to play professionally at a high level. You can talk about Arsene and not every player making it through, but those that don't tend to bring in pretty good money.

[New York Red]

Jeez you had me scared then. I thought this was going to be some really terrible Gary Glitter slanted thread.

 

Phew...

[floyd the barber]

  New York Red said:

Jeez you had me scared then. I thought this was going to be some really terrible Gary Glitter slanted thread.

 

Phew...

 

 

 

[Kvarme Ate My Food]

  Woodsyla said:

Rafa's only been here 5 years.

 

how f***ing long??