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Farawayeagle Sydney 22 Aug 16 8.02am
The Palace Academy kid the Spuds are supposedly interested in. [Link] Founder Of The Crystal Palace Roller Coaster Association An Affiliate Of The Never A Dull Moment Club R.I.P. DJ Hardline -- Gone Way Too Soon GKAS Member 54
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Farawayeagle

Sydney 22 Aug 16 8.02am

The Palace Academy kid the Spuds are supposedly interested in.

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Founder Of The Crystal Palace Roller Coaster
Association

An Affiliate Of The Never A Dull Moment Club

R.I.P. DJ Hardline -- Gone Way Too Soon

GKAS Member 54

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bexleydave Barnehurst 22 Aug 16 8.07am
Spurs wanting to sign one of our young prospects; that'll end well Bexley Dave Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing! "The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)
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Barnehurst 22 Aug 16 8.07am

Spurs wanting to sign one of our young prospects; that'll end well

Bexley Dave

Can you hear the Brighton sing? I can't hear a ******* thing!

"The most arrogant, obnoxious bunch of deluded little sun tanned, loafer wearing mummy's boys I've ever had the misfortune of having to listen to" (Burnley forum)

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Nevermind 17 Sep 16 1.36pm
Scored five goals (four in the first half) in the U18s' 7-0 win at Barnsley today. Here's the original story on Spurs being interested in him: [Link]
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17 Sep 16 1.36pm

Scored five goals (four in the first half) in the U18s' 7-0 win at Barnsley today.

Here's the original story on Spurs being interested in him: [Link]

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pstrutt Busselton, WA 17 Sep 16 2.32pm
Originally posted by Nevermind Scored five goals (four in the first half) in the U18s' 7-0 win at Barnsley today. Here's the original story on Spurs being interested in him: [Link] "Palace will hope that the striker rejects any overtures from north London, and follows in the footsteps of midfielder Kian Flanagan, who was the subject of interest from Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham, also rejecting an offer from Manchester United last season, to agree a professional contract with the Eagles." But the problem for me is: "Kian who?" I guess we would have been this way with Wilf or Nathaniel at one time, but the idea that players are gonna make it through to the first team are slim. If a player believes he is going to have more chance with another club then he may feel he has to move. Which I think is very different to the example of Bostock (as alluded to by Bexley) as he was going to make it into our first team, or already had. So I manage a Workshop which provides a safe learning environment for blokes struggling with PTSD and other mental health issues. Being a Palace fan isn't listed yet.
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Busselton, WA 17 Sep 16 2.32pm

Originally posted by Nevermind

Scored five goals (four in the first half) in the U18s' 7-0 win at Barnsley today.

Here's the original story on Spurs being interested in him: [Link]

"Palace will hope that the striker rejects any overtures from north London, and follows in the footsteps of midfielder Kian Flanagan, who was the subject of interest from Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham, also rejecting an offer from Manchester United last season, to agree a professional contract with the Eagles."

But the problem for me is: "Kian who?" I guess we would have been this way with Wilf or Nathaniel at one time, but the idea that players are gonna make it through to the first team are slim. If a player believes he is going to have more chance with another club then he may feel he has to move. Which I think is very different to the example of Bostock (as alluded to by Bexley) as he was going to make it into our first team, or already had.

So I manage a Workshop which provides a safe learning environment for blokes struggling with PTSD and other mental health issues. Being a Palace fan isn't listed yet.

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Midlands Eagle 17 Sep 16 4.52pm
Originally posted by pstrutt "Palace will hope that the striker rejects any overtures from north London, and follows in the footsteps of midfielder Kian Flanagan, who was the subject of interest from Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham, also rejecting an offer from Manchester United last season, to agree a professional contract with the Eagles." But the problem for me is: "Kian who?" I guess we would have been this way with Wilf or Nathaniel at one time, but the idea that players are gonna make it through to the first team are slim. If a player believes he is going to have more chance with another club then he may feel he has to move. We don't exactly have a good recent record with bringing on youngsters from the academy and in an article I read last week detailing the number of players in each squad that had come through their academy we came near the bottom. It doesn't help when one of our brighter ex academy players is good enough to get to the semi finals of the Euros but can't get a sniff in our team and Pardew hinted last week that he probably never will.
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Originally posted by pstrutt

We don't exactly have a good recent record with bringing on youngsters from the academy and in an article I read last week detailing the number of players in each squad that had come through their academy we came near the bottom.

It doesn't help when one of our brighter ex academy players is good enough to get to the semi finals of the Euros but can't get a sniff in our team and Pardew hinted last week that he probably never will.

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Booted Eagle Bristol 17 Sep 16 5.56pm
Originally posted by bexleydave Spurs wanting to sign one of our young prospects; that'll end well What has his father got to say on the matter ? “ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ” —United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld
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Booted Eagle

Bristol 17 Sep 16 5.56pm

Originally posted by bexleydave

Spurs wanting to sign one of our young prospects; that'll end well

What has his father got to say on the matter ?

“ [T]here are known knowns; there are things we know that we know.There are known unknowns; that is to say there are things that, we now know we don't know.But there are also unknown unknowns – there are things we do not know we don't know. ”
—United States Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld

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ASCPFC Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 17 Sep 16 6.07pm
Jag now, gone tomorrow. Red and Blue Army!
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Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 17 Sep 16 6.07pm

Jag now, gone tomorrow.

Red and Blue Army!

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citizensmudge midlands 17 Sep 16 8.58pm
Originally posted by Midlands Eagle We don't exactly have a good recent record with bringing on youngsters from the academy and in an article I read last week detailing the number of players in each squad that had come through their academy we came near the bottom. It doesn't help when one of our brighter ex academy players is good enough to get to the semi finals of the Euros but can't get a sniff in our team and Pardew hinted last week that he probably never will.
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midlands 17 Sep 16 8.58pm

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

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glaziermart 17 Sep 16 11.12pm
Originally posted by pstrutt "Palace will hope that the striker rejects any overtures from north London, and follows in the footsteps of midfielder Kian Flanagan, who was the subject of interest from Arsenal, Chelsea and West Ham, also rejecting an offer from Manchester United last season, to agree a professional contract with the Eagles." But the problem for me is: "Kian who?" I guess we would have been this way with Wilf or Nathaniel at one time, but the idea that players are gonna make it through to the first team are slim. If a player believes he is going to have more chance with another club then he may feel he has to move. Which I think is very different to the example of Bostock (as alluded to by Bexley) as he was going to make it into our first team, or already had. I do not get what you are implying?? Kian Flanagan is only 16, so even though he is highly rated, so higly rated that Man United were trying to sign him, he wont feature in our first team just yet. The same with Baptiste. He must be good if Spurs want him. If they are special, which it seems they are, they will eventually make our first team. We are a Premier League club, so it might be a couple of years before they are introduced to us, as first team players even in the League Cup
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glaziermart

17 Sep 16 11.12pm

Originally posted by pstrutt

But the problem for me is: "Kian who?" I guess we would have been this way with Wilf or Nathaniel at one time, but the idea that players are gonna make it through to the first team are slim. If a player believes he is going to have more chance with another club then he may feel he has to move. Which I think is very different to the example of Bostock (as alluded to by Bexley) as he was going to make it into our first team, or already had.

I do not get what you are implying?? Kian Flanagan is only 16, so even though he is highly rated, so higly rated that Man United were trying to sign him, he wont feature in our first team just yet. The same with Baptiste. He must be good if Spurs want him. If they are special, which it seems they are, they will eventually make our first team. We are a Premier League club, so it might be a couple of years before they are introduced to us, as first team players even in the League Cup

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pstrutt Busselton, WA 18 Sep 16 1.11pm
Originally posted by glaziermart Hi Glaize, I wasn't saying Kian who? as in who cares, but highlighting that if one player looks at other who have signed he may not see a clear future. He may more likely see players at other clubs coming through and no one at Palace. Baptiste isn't aspiring to be Kian. He isn't even aspiring to be Johnny Williams. He aspiring to be Wilf and actually play in the PL. but we aren't brining players through presenly so I don't believe he will automatically see Palace as the place to remain. To be clear I don't want other clubs stealing our best players. I do not get what you are implying?? Kian Flanagan is only 16, so even though he is highly rated, so higly rated that Man United were trying to sign him, he wont feature in our first team just yet. The same with Baptiste. He must be good if Spurs want him. If they are special, which it seems they are, they will eventually make our first team. We are a Premier League club, so it might be a couple of years before they are introduced to us, as first team players even in the League Cup So I manage a Workshop which provides a safe learning environment for blokes struggling with PTSD and other mental health issues. Being a Palace fan isn't listed yet.
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pstrutt

Busselton, WA 18 Sep 16 1.11pm

Originally posted by glaziermart

Hi Glaize, I wasn't saying Kian who? as in who cares, but highlighting that if one player looks at other who have signed he may not see a clear future. He may more likely see players at other clubs coming through and no one at Palace. Baptiste isn't aspiring to be Kian. He isn't even aspiring to be Johnny Williams. He aspiring to be Wilf and actually play in the PL. but we aren't brining players through presenly so I don't believe he will automatically see Palace as the place to remain.

To be clear I don't want other clubs stealing our best players.

So I manage a Workshop which provides a safe learning environment for blokes struggling with PTSD and other mental health issues. Being a Palace fan isn't listed yet.

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johnno42000 18 Sep 16 4.19pm
I have a horrible vision of Levy prowling around our academy's matches as the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. 'Lies to the masses as are like fly's to mollasses...they want more and more and more'
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johnno42000

18 Sep 16 4.19pm

I have a horrible vision of Levy prowling around our academy's matches as the child catcher from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.

'Lies to the masses as are like fly's to mollasses...they want more and more and more'

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Goldfiinger Just down the road 18 Sep 16 5.08pm
Originally posted by Midlands Eagle We don't exactly have a good recent record with bringing on youngsters from the academy and in an article I read last week detailing the number of players in each squad that had come through their academy we came near the bottom. It doesn't help when one of our brighter ex academy players is good enough to get to the semi finals of the Euros but can't get a sniff in our team and Pardew hinted last week that he probably never will. Surely if you watched him in the Euros you'd agree he should be no where near our first team. I'm all for playing academy players and having home grown talent come through. But they have to be good. Williams isn't good enough. Does sound fantastic that we've got what sounds like a couple of gems in the pipeline. We're a Prem club now and as such we won't be forced to sell our best academy players, and should be able to offer the best ones a quick route to first team football than say the likes of United or Chelsea. The futures bright!!
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Goldfiinger

Just down the road 18 Sep 16 5.08pm

Originally posted by Midlands Eagle

Surely if you watched him in the Euros you'd agree he should be no where near our first team.

I'm all for playing academy players and having home grown talent come through. But they have to be good. Williams isn't good enough.

Does sound fantastic that we've got what sounds like a couple of gems in the pipeline. We're a Prem club now and as such we won't be forced to sell our best academy players, and should be able to offer the best ones a quick route to first team football than say the likes of United or Chelsea.

The futures bright!!

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