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Originally Posted by ArmchairCritic
These things go in cycles, you get a good bunch of Youth Players and you could have a lot of First Team graduates on your hands. I think we've hit a very gifted crop now. We've found a good balance of getting players in from abroad and maximising what we can get in the catchment area. The fact remains though that a lot of Youth Players go on to have good Footballing careers, maybe not here but at other places.
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Indeed.
But I wouldn't just discredit Chelsea just like that because there have been some youngsters over the last few years who got a chance there. To say that they waste players all the time, like it has been suggested, is a tad unfair.