Today’s Football - 2024/25 Season

[Rita_Poon]

Mad to see how many of the so called top sides are super reliant on one player....

Rs -salah 80% of goals/assists
Chelsea- Palmer
City- Rodri
Arsenal- saka

Even crap like utd- fernandes....

And then there's teams like us who can lose our two best players in ndiaye and mcneil, as well as our main striker yet still get results....

Mad to think considering the sides of the 00's that were quality throughout the team

Academies/football schools are producing athletes not specialist players. It's easier to flog a strong and quick jack of all trades than focus on producing a full back or an attacking mid for instance. Get 'em on the books and let the clubs pour the resources in to make them fit a system.

I'd hazard a guess and say it's similar to the sporting college system in the u.s. (*acknowledge the tennis system is very different) where promising teenagers are prompted to try out for NFL or NBA as that is where the majority of the biggest money resides, can't cut it there? then athletics or certain other team sports are the draw. There is a reason why the ladies football team is so strong, because they've had a reserve of athletes and suddenly a path for them to succeed upon.