ChrisH wrote:Considering we set so much store in these kids coming through it's disappointing that there's no bio of the Academy players on the FC website. In fact there's very little info at all. It would be interesting to see more about where the players started their career , what position , how old they are , how they are developing etc etc. Just glanced at Wire's site and they have the full squads for the 19's and 16's listed with pictures etc. With more info we could at least then get some comparison with their peers at other clubs rather than having to just read that into a scoreline , which could , as alluded to , be skewed because one team has an average age much younger/older than another in any given game. In fact just had a look at a few more sites and most have pretty comprehensive coverage of their academy players. Widnes and Salford don't.
I know I'm probably talking rubbish, but there are strict rules about what can and what can't be published about under 18 minors.
Clearly it happens at lots of other clubs, but maybe that's because permission has been granted by all involved, or maybe they're just getting away with it.
