Originally posted by corbray
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Who knows were we'll be in 5 years time though? I dont like how crap things feel right now either but i can see were the club wants to get too and how we're gunna get there, by bringing youth players into the team and building them up into first teamers and potentially selling them on, right now we have a few young players that we could sell on for decent money like lumley, furlong and shodipo who we could sell for a million each (low estimates) and manning who coukd easily fetch 4-5m. Not to mention we have players like bowler whos being chased by a few prem clubs.
We've also got guys like eze, comely, petrasso, hammalinen, otah and kakay all working to take the step up. Our academy is a pretty major positive for the future of the club but its not instant, it'll be a good couple of years yet until it truly takes off but we've got one of the best youth coaches in the country in place to oversee and yes, thats chris ramsey.
Onto transfers though, we don't NEED to spend big on players nor should we, we have to be a sustainable club and if we can bring someone in who'll do an equally as good job as a 5m rated player for a tenth of the price then why not? Gary penrice is one of the best bargain basememt scouts in the country and the list of players he had a hand in finding and signing is impressive, mahrez and kante are probably his best finds to put it into perspective and they were plucked from obscurity before becoming two of the best players in the world.
What the club is aiming to achieve in the long term is desirable for everyone involved in the club and we have lee hoos who layed the foundations for how burnley are run business wise is trying to do the same with us. We have the potential to be a successful and profitable club and the avenue the club is taking is the only way to get there and we have the right people in place for it imo, as long as tony takes a backseat. It'll take us years to get there and if this FFP thing pans out well for us it'll be a straight road to get there and maybe ... just maybe, we might make it to the 5th round of the fa cup although thats probably expecting too much!!!
We've also got guys like eze, comely, petrasso, hammalinen, otah and kakay all working to take the step up. Our academy is a pretty major positive for the future of the club but its not instant, it'll be a good couple of years yet until it truly takes off but we've got one of the best youth coaches in the country in place to oversee and yes, thats chris ramsey.
Onto transfers though, we don't NEED to spend big on players nor should we, we have to be a sustainable club and if we can bring someone in who'll do an equally as good job as a 5m rated player for a tenth of the price then why not? Gary penrice is one of the best bargain basememt scouts in the country and the list of players he had a hand in finding and signing is impressive, mahrez and kante are probably his best finds to put it into perspective and they were plucked from obscurity before becoming two of the best players in the world.
What the club is aiming to achieve in the long term is desirable for everyone involved in the club and we have lee hoos who layed the foundations for how burnley are run business wise is trying to do the same with us. We have the potential to be a successful and profitable club and the avenue the club is taking is the only way to get there and we have the right people in place for it imo, as long as tony takes a backseat. It'll take us years to get there and if this FFP thing pans out well for us it'll be a straight road to get there and maybe ... just maybe, we might make it to the 5th round of the fa cup although thats probably expecting too much!!!
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