Since we've been promoted, there's been a lack of younger players breaking through into the first team or exciting talent on the bench that we have been able to develop.
Obviously, it's less risky to bring in a tried and tested player at prem level whilst blooding youngsters in the first team is difficult when you are scrapping for your lives on the edge of the relegation zone!
However, it's still depressing to see the likes of Adebayour, Remi, Flamini waltz around the pitch, knowing they are here for one last big pay day and it's hardly about building a team for the future.
With FDB now at the helm and his track record of bringing players through the ranks at Ajax, we seem to have a new found desire to bring in younger players than we’ve previously targeted (Loftus-Cheek, Riedewald sounds close, rumours link us with Chambers).
Part of this may be due to our focus on a passing and pressing game which a midfield of Punch, Cabaye, McArthur etc would struggle to manage (given their age) for a full 90 minutes (how many late goals did we concede last season!).
It may seem like folly to some, but I'm delighted with this approach as we’ve always been a club that’s good at developing real youth talent and it’s exciting to get that energy back on the pitch!
Ultimately, if the player ends up moving to a larger club, than it’s a big pay day for us (vs a signing on large wages that we can’t get off the books)!!!! It seems like the only sustainable model (see Southampton) that a mid-sized club like Palace can feasibly operate for the long-term.
What do others think?
Obviously, it's less risky to bring in a tried and tested player at prem level whilst blooding youngsters in the first team is difficult when you are scrapping for your lives on the edge of the relegation zone!
However, it's still depressing to see the likes of Adebayour, Remi, Flamini waltz around the pitch, knowing they are here for one last big pay day and it's hardly about building a team for the future.
With FDB now at the helm and his track record of bringing players through the ranks at Ajax, we seem to have a new found desire to bring in younger players than we’ve previously targeted (Loftus-Cheek, Riedewald sounds close, rumours link us with Chambers).
Part of this may be due to our focus on a passing and pressing game which a midfield of Punch, Cabaye, McArthur etc would struggle to manage (given their age) for a full 90 minutes (how many late goals did we concede last season!).
It may seem like folly to some, but I'm delighted with this approach as we’ve always been a club that’s good at developing real youth talent and it’s exciting to get that energy back on the pitch!
Ultimately, if the player ends up moving to a larger club, than it’s a big pay day for us (vs a signing on large wages that we can’t get off the books)!!!! It seems like the only sustainable model (see Southampton) that a mid-sized club like Palace can feasibly operate for the long-term.
What do others think?
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