The real benefit of our academy

[Topplayersleave]

You could be the Governor of the Bank of England for all I care but one thing you definitely are is a fucking pig . You always have been and always will be a pig . Now why not be a proper little poker and fuck off . You're boring the fucking arse off everyone .

Thank you

Good Evening to you as well

 

[Harrisblade]

There's something more special about one of your own products making the first team and doing well, and once again we'd been robbed of it.

David Brooks was with the Man City Academy from the age of 7.
They let him go (because he was a bit puny?) and he joined our academy at age 17, made his 1st team debut at 19 and now he's gone to Bournemouth at age 20.
He was with our Academy for 2 or 3 years, but hardly a 'product', and played a few 1st team games.
He may turn out to be a great player, he may not, but dab away your crocodile tears and look forward to the new season!

 

[Sharrow Snuff Mill]

As someone who knows absolutely nothing about the academy, aside from the fact that it consistently produces talent, can someone explain to me why it's so good? Or is there anything online to read about it? Thanks.

You have just posted the answer in your question.

 

[Rodley]

One of the reasons we bagged a friendly
is Inter Milan Academy Director visited our Academy and vice versa to exchange ideas. INTER BLOODY MILAN!

Great int it?

 

[snootyfenooty]

One of the reasons we bagged a friendly
is Inter Milan Academy Director visited our Academy and vice versa to exchange ideas. INTER BLOODY MILAN!

Great int it?

Not only that, whilst we were playing Inter their lot were getting involved in racism again and having a punch up at Mansfield. What a fucking embarrassment.

 

[benn5712]

As a couple of Blades were saying last Tuesday, what if we could have some of these home grown players stay and play just a while longer.
See where we end up.

 

[Tom Bott]

When you reach the mental age of about 13 you'll begin to realise that sometimes people don't agree with you,
But by then you might also understand that you just have to accept it instead of jumping up and down and showing off like a baby

You mean like you did when we sold Brooks for example.

 

[Tom Bott]

I generally say to customers

Do you mean clients.

 

[finlaytheblade]

I'm naffed off still about selling Brooks and I won't pretend to be anything other than naffed off.
There's something more special about one of your own products making the first team and doing well, and once again we'd been robbed of it.

What made it worse is we were sat watching the World Cup at the time, Maguire and Walker playing well, Then thought about previous World Cups and Euro Championships with Jagielka playing. You could even include Cahill who we should have signed instead of the dross we ended up with.

Anyway I was sat there wondering if Uniteds directors were sat watching the football and thinking "If only"
And had they finally learned their lesson......….Had it finally dawned on them

And almost instantly I find out we've sold Brooks

Can understand your frustration Topple .but today the players and there agents call the tune, under contract or not makes no difference.When premiership clubs call it's the player who has the final say along with his agent,it's the wages that drive it.
We are lucky that O,connell has not gone for if he wanted to go !! Wilder we not keep a player who wants to go.
I probably can go back a lot further than you ( Jones birchenhall era ) in fifties and sixties United's board were quite content to have top division football no driving force as some board members were happy having cricket in the summer with a fairly successful football team.It all changed in the seventies when the board showed ambition and terminated cricket.
It's been a catalogue of near misses since with the club getting into difficulties (financial )on a regular basis,meaning players were sold.
The situation is completely different today as I said earlier with agents chasing the best deal for the player..Luckily all players and agents are like that ( O,Connell ) and Wilder is being very clever and astute with his budget.
We are lucky to have him as he is putting the club first before his own interests as he is a big blade ..
Most of us would take the same route if in his position we all want the best for the club control we?.
Keep it up Chris your doing a great job !!!

 

[Maidenhead]

No I'm not the pig fan from Greenhill

I trade cryptocurrencies, don't have any Bitcoin at all anymore, it seems that it's day has come and gone.
Cryptocurrency is something that I would never advise on, it is just far too volatile for the average client, as well as being unregulated.

Pensions are good investment vehicles and very worthwhile from a taxation point of view, but too many people put £30 a month into them and expect miracles.

Either do it properly with decent contributions or find another retirement vehicle is what I generally say to customers

My retirement vehicle usually says Jet2 on the side.

Sorry BushBlade I'll buy you a beer if you're out and about next week

 

[bladesince64]

Can’t believe that this Toplegsplayer cretin is still around spouting utter shite. Aren’t you bored yet? It beggars belief that anyone with half a brain would keep this pretence going!

You have proven two things though ;
1) You definitely are a Pig.
2) You definitely are an IFA

The amount of shit being spouted confirms both unequivocally.

 

[The Bohemian]

As someone who knows absolutely nothing about the academy, aside from the fact that it consistently produces talent, can someone explain to me why it's so good? Or is there anything online to read about it? Thanks.

I'd say leadership has a lot to do with it: McCabe's in having a long term vision and preparedness to invest and stick with it even when it wasn't universally popular. Ron Reid, John Warnock et al deserve credit for getting things off the ground. We've subsequently had a succession of strong Academy heads who have moved things forward - or at least avoided screwing things up.

Most significantly, in respect of the future, we now have an outstanding Academy Head in Travis Binnion who, despite being only 31, has already spent 20 years with the club having started as a player. He is already moving things on at a pace and is destined for great things, hopefully with The Blades.

 

[Topplayersleave]

Can understand your frustration Topple .but today the players and there agents call the tune, under contract or not makes no difference.When premiership clubs call it's the player who has the final say along with his agent,it's the wages that drive it.
We are lucky that O,connell has not gone for if he wanted to go !! Wilder we not keep a player who wants to go.
I probably can go back a lot further than you ( Jones birchenhall era ) in fifties and sixties United's board were quite content to have top division football no driving force as some board members were happy having cricket in the summer with a fairly successful football team.It all changed in the seventies when the board showed ambition and terminated cricket.
It's been a catalogue of near misses since with the club getting into difficulties (financial )on a regular basis,meaning players were sold.
The situation is completely different today as I said earlier with agents chasing the best deal for the player..Luckily all players and agents are like that ( O,Connell ) and Wilder is being very clever and astute with his budget.
We are lucky to have him as he is putting the club first before his own interests as he is a big blade ..
Most of us would take the same route if in his position we all want the best for the club control we?.
Keep it up Chris your doing a great job !!!

I'm also delighted to have Wilder, but I don't buy into this "You can't keep a player who wants to move"
Clubs do it all the time, in fact more offers get rejected than what get accepted.

There's very little evidence of player revolt because they've been refused a transfer.
Forestfairy probably would, Di Canio did, and so did Pierre Van Hoojdonk, but young players that we've sold without a big name for themselves would be committing financial suicide if they played the spoilt brat because nobody would touch them with a bargepole afterwards.

Anyway, it's all done and dusted now. Maybe we'll be in a position to nick some of Bournemouths players 10 months from now

 

[Topplayersleave]

Do you mean clients.

No, they are now called customers, as per FCA Directive "Treating Customers Fairly"

 

[Tom Bott]

Anyway, it's all done and dusted now. Maybe we'll be in a position to nick some of Bournemouths players 10 months from now

That would involve you changing your username though ?

 

[grafikhaus]

Must be terrible not being a Blades fan these days......

Nowt wrong with Wendy's 'Academy' who have produced George Hirst and.............nobody else.

 

[Topplayersleave]

That would involve you changing your username though ?

Maybe, but maybe by then we'll be selling our top players to Man Utd for £60 million

 

[grafikhaus]

Awww diddums
Did I say something you don't agree with too

When you reach the mental age of about 13 you'll begin to realise that sometimes people don't agree with you,
But by then you might also understand that you just have to accept it instead of jumping up and down and showing off like a baby

Knowing Grappler as I do, you couldn't be wider of the mark. And don't get your wage packet mixed up with his - just the number of 'likes'* he has (8777) compared with yours (83).

* And we're not talking 'Facebook likes' where adolescents basically say 'If I like you, will you like me back? Pretty please?'

 

[Topplayersleave]

Knowing Grappler as I do, you couldn't be wider of the mark. And don't get your wage packet mixed up with his - just the number of 'likes'* he has (8777) compared with yours (83).

* And we're not talking 'Facebook likes' where adolescents basically say 'If I like you, will you like me back? Pretty please?'

I'm sure he's a great bloke, and I certainly have no personal problem with him
But my 83 likes have only come from considerably less posts so it's not really a fair comparison

I'm prepared to accept different opinions and haven't slagged off anybody else's.
I've received the flack for my opinions without returning personal insults
I arrived on this board at more or less the same time that I was pi55ed off at something that had happened and have received personal abuse ever since, so much so that even my "normal" posts are getting slagged off.

But I won't lower myself to insinuate somebody is a paedophile, like what has happened to me whilst posting on here.
I won't swear and stamp my feet and threaten people who have a different opinion about certain things, like what has happened to me whilst posting on here.

And I won't complain about the abuse either because I'm thick skinned, I came on here originally with some pi55ed off views and accepted that some wouldn't like them.

 

[Nick Jansky]

We are also qualified just as much as Accountants regarding taxation

No you aren’t.

 

[Tom Bott]

We are also qualified just as much as Accountants used car salesmen

Corrected.

Though if your financial advice is so good why not 'invest' £ 2/3 million per season of your own money into the club to fund top player retention ?

I could use the S6 model to show you the guaranteed benefits.

Maybe in leading by example fewer people would see you as a grunt.

 

[I should coco]

And I won't complain about the abuse either because I'm thick skinned,

I believe that mammals of the Porcine tendency are renowned for having thick hides.

Difficult away trip for your boys. If you can't make it, you could always listen to the radio. Oh......er........

 

[Topplayersleave]

Corrected.

Though if your financial advice is so good why not 'invest' £ 2/3 million per season of your own money into the club to fund top player retention ?

I could use the S6 model to show you the guaranteed benefits.

Maybe in leading by example fewer people would see you as a grunt.

I didn't say I was any better a financial adviser than any other

 

[Topplayersleave]

No you aren’t.

Many financial advisers are or have been accountants.
To give advice about investments and how it affect somebody's tax situation is vital.
To give advice about pensions and how it affects somebody's tax situation is also vital
To give advice to a company (of various types) about their company pension scheme and other employer and employee benefits involves a lot of taxation work
Estate Planning to reduce Inheritance Tax also requires a good knowledge of the taxation system
Long Term Care Planning to avoid the State taking somebody's assets in the event of them needing long term care involves a lot of tax planning

To advice a client on how to make withdrawals from pensions and investments involves a lot of taxation advice, if you create an additional tax liability for a client you can quite rightly expect to be in trouble.

So yes, financial advisers do have to pass exams and continuously study in the area of taxation

 

[Nick Jansky]

Many financial advisers are or have been accountants.
To give advice about investments and how it affect somebody's tax situation is vital.
To give advice about pensions and how it affects somebody's tax situation is also vital
To give advice to a company (of various types) about their company pension scheme and other employer and employee benefits involves a lot of taxation work
Estate Planning to reduce Inheritance Tax also requires a good knowledge of the taxation system
Long Term Care Planning to avoid the State taking somebody's assets in the event of them needing long term care involves a lot of tax planning

To advice a client on how to make withdrawals from pensions and investments involves a lot of taxation advice, if you create an additional tax liability for a client you can quite rightly expect to be in trouble.

So yes, financial advisers do have to pass exams and continuously study in the area of taxation

Mate, I’m a tax advisor who spends a lot of time attempting to put right some quite sensational fuck ups by IFAs who thought they knew more about tax than they actually do. You are about a million miles away from being a tax advisor.

Currently trying to avoid bankruptcy for a very high profile EPL player, a situation that has arisen because he listened to an incompetent IFA. I will, as always, enjoy being an expert witness when the IFA is sued.

In my lengthy experience the best IFAs take professional tax advice because they realise that they don’t have the depth of knowledge.

 

[Tom Bott]

I didn't say I was any better a financial adviser than any other

So you only wish the club's board to invest their money.

You don't wish to risk your own.

See how easy it is to swap the words risk and investment. Maybe I should become a used car salesman. (accountant)
(tax advisor).

 

[Topplayersleave]

Mate, I’m a tax advisor who spends a lot of time attempting to put right some quite sensational fuck ups by IFAs who thought they knew more about tax than they actually do. You are about a million miles away from being a tax advisor.

Currently trying to avoid bankruptcy for a very high profile EPL player, a situation that has arisen because he listened to an incompetent IFA. I will, as always, enjoy being an expert witness when the IFA is sued.

In my lengthy experience the best IFAs take professional tax advice because they realise that they don’t have the depth of knowledge.

I'm sure you have
And many IFA's have also had the same with Accountants in many areas of investments, pensions, wills, trusts and Estate & Inheritance Tax Planning.

I use an accountant for my own accounts because there are things I am not certain about, but much of the above goes over some accountants heads, mine included, because they don't fully understand how certain investments work, they are too busy doing what they do 95% of the time to keep fully up to date and that's why they often ask specialist IFA's to help

 

[Topplayersleave]

So you only wish the club's board to invest their money.

You don't wish to risk your own.

See how easy it is to swap the words risk and investment. Maybe I should become a used car salesman. (accountant)
(tax advisor).

Why should I ?
I don't own the club, it's not mine. I'm a supporter and I probably invest as much as 99% of other supporters

 

[Nick Jansky]

I'm sure you have
And many IFA's have also had the same with Accountants in many areas of investments, pensions, wills, trusts and Estate & Inheritance Tax Planning.

I use an accountant for my own accounts because there are things I am not certain about, but much of the above goes over some accountants heads, mine included, because they don't fully understand how certain investments work, they are too busy doing what they do 95% of the time to keep fully up to date and that's why they often ask specialist IFA's to help

Have you ever sold an “investment” that is now the subject of an Accelerated Payment Notice or Follower Notice?

 

[Maidenhead]

Now I remember why I got out of the financial services industry and became a postie