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#48360 02/05/10 08:51 PM
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Sounds like a reasonable plan to me, if he says the priority is english players!


Borrell said: "The reality of what we found here was unacceptable.

"The under-18s had no centre forward, no balance. They had no tactical level, no understanding of the game.

"We are working hard, but you can't change things overnight.

"I think we have made a lot of progress over eight months, but we need to improve a lot more to get more players into the first team.

"I think if we keep working hard maybe in two years somebody can appear in the first team.

"When I arrived the first thing Rafa told me was that the biggest interest is to try to develop English players," he said.

"I agree - the best players to defend the Barca shirt are Catalan players, the best players to defend the Liverpool shirt are English players.

"The rest of the players who are not English, they must be massive, massive quality.

"We have to fight to make English players arrive. If in two or three years one of our players does make the first team, I think he will be English."


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#48370 02/05/10 10:49 PM
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yeah i agree with you on that rafar ..... i don't like what he has to say - it sounds to me like he is just putting down everything that has gone before so any tiny bit of success he can claim the credit for ..... the academy has produced some players who looked good enough for the first team but none have even been given a sniff of an opportunity until this season when rafa had no choice because every other player was out injured

until youngsters get given chances, rather than being told they are too young, they will never develop to reach their potential

trepie #48373 02/05/10 11:07 PM
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Wasnt heighway in charge?

And what bout nemeth? wasnt he a academy product? They sent memeth out on loan, i would have put nemeth in when Ngog was having a dry run.

Again i read some truth in what he says, but i also dont think he is being completely honest, i agree taht he is running the previos bloke down a bit.

But there is some truth in it, just he could have put his point across better.

Last edited by Injun Joe; 02/05/10 11:09 PM.

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