Simon Buttle
Player Valuation: £50m
Something that get's overlooked is that we should make sure the coaches themselves are the best we can get to give these young lads a chance to progress. The backroom structure of the club from first team down always seems quite small/limited compared to many other clubs.Spot on. We badly need the academy to step up and start producing players that can either come in and do a job for the first team or bring in a few quid from sales.
Performance of the academy of the last 5 years has been abysmal. I'd be be surprised if it isn't one of the lowest in the league for talent production