KingEric7
Stupid Conspiracy Enthusiast Wanker
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This thread has been done before, I think, but I keep coming back to this and thinking that what happened with the team that Sir Alex Ferguson was building prior to his departure was a real shame. Something that's come up recently on here is how new players seem to inevitably struggle, but what was really pronounced I think a few years back was the theme of extremely talented young players who showed more than just promise - and who already looked the real deal - just petering out in terms of performance. Either that or they started getting injured to an unreasonable extent, and never really got the chance to develop properly.
Looking at this team that could've been (however you want to arrange it):
-------------------De Gea-----------------
Rafael------Smalling-----Evans-------Fabio
--------------Anderson---Fletcher---------
Nani----------------Pogba----------Morrison
-----------------Rooney--------------------
There are players in that team that looked ready, and just needed to maintain the level they'd already reached, or stayed fit. It might not look like much now to some people, but every one of those players was either an exciting talent, or someone who was already good enough to start regularly for the first team, and who had many more years ahead of them in which to improve.
Not really much of a point to make here apart from to say that I just think it's a shame that this never happened. It all just feels a bit soulless to me I suppose in today's game with the money in football, but here there was a genuine chance of a really top team emerging largely from the academy, and entirely from players who were brought in at a young age.
Thoughts?
Looking at this team that could've been (however you want to arrange it):
-------------------De Gea-----------------
Rafael------Smalling-----Evans-------Fabio
--------------Anderson---Fletcher---------
Nani----------------Pogba----------Morrison
-----------------Rooney--------------------
There are players in that team that looked ready, and just needed to maintain the level they'd already reached, or stayed fit. It might not look like much now to some people, but every one of those players was either an exciting talent, or someone who was already good enough to start regularly for the first team, and who had many more years ahead of them in which to improve.
Not really much of a point to make here apart from to say that I just think it's a shame that this never happened. It all just feels a bit soulless to me I suppose in today's game with the money in football, but here there was a genuine chance of a really top team emerging largely from the academy, and entirely from players who were brought in at a young age.
Thoughts?
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