I'll be very happy if in ten years we have an academy churning out Prem players like Southampton does. Very very happy.

That being said I don't doubt that someone will break through in the next few years.

I don't get why everyone is so desperate for instant success. Is the club not moving in the right direction at a very good pace?

Is the potential next appointment not going to benefit our academy?

Does that mean we will have five superstars next year... no. But maybe it does mean we will have some sooner than we would have had if we'd gone for say dyche.

Look at his track record, it's a fabulous appointment for the club at every level of our development.

Really good article [Link] which gives insight in to his time at Ajax. Really worth a read.

Holding the club back, I know it's a joke isn't it. We should be going for Europe and looking to be an established top 8 team, said Charlton, Leeds, Blackburn, Bolton.

I agree we should be positive about the appointment (if it happens) but need to be realistic. I don't see realism as negative.

You make a good point but for Frank to turn an academy player into a pro is going to take more years than he's likely to be around for. I'd love a manager to stick around for 5 years+ but the likelihood is 2-3 at the very most, hence the mention of talent that hasn't quite made it from big clubs or around Europe. That means to me work on the training pitch rather than over at the academy.

I don't know why you've thrown in 'I don't get why everyone wants instant success.' I'm not expecting it from the academy and with regards the prem it's the way it is, just to survive on 40 points. In the football league there's 46 games. Plenty more time and room to risk.

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We shall see, but my point is I think our academy will now be more attractive having him at the helm of the senior team with a proven track record of bringing lots of players through.

I can only see it as a positive for the club. now I'm not saying this will happen to us as we may not have good enough players. But at Ajax when he took over they were in a mess and he instantly brought young players through.

It's this track record of him doing it himself which will attract better players at all age groups to our club.

Hopefully like you've said, Steve takes it as an opportunity to upgrade the academy as much as possible.

I suspect within one to three years we'll have produced at minimum one player. And hope it'll be more. But do also agree his main focus will be buying young 20 - 25 year olds for the first team.

^^^ This hits nail on head.

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