From this point of view then, it can be assumed that over the past ten years, Liverpool’s Academy has just not been good enough to make the best of the wealth of talent that has come out of Liverpool since the inception of the Premier League in 1992. It seems as if the grass roots in the city has done its fair share but the Academy has failed to pick up on the best talent in Liverpool and lost out on players who could have played for the Reds.
Hopefully the restructuring of the Academy at Kirkby over the last couple of years will see this issue being addressed. With the departure of John McMahon as reserve team coach however it looks as if however the restructuring of the club below senior level is still ongoing. In a statement at the weekend announcing McMahon’s departure and the temporary appointment of Academy Technical Manager Pep Segura as reserve team manager, the club said:
“The Club have conducted a thorough review of all operations based at our Academy as part of our overall strategy to constantly improve our youth and professional player performance. We have a clear vision of the way ahead and a number of changes will now be put in place to help us to build on the considerable progress already made. Pep Segura will step in as Reserve team manager on a temporary basis for the remainder of this term only, before a revised structure is put in place this summer.”
Despite both Dalglish praising the work of Rafa Benitez restructuring the Academy and FSG already working closely with the Spanish coaches at Kirkby, the new owners seem to believe that more restructuring is required. FSG have stated from the outset that developing youth players is a priority for the long term economic viability of the club and it seems as if they are moving along at pace to make the changes needed to make their ambitions become a reality. It will hopefully mean the Reds will now be able to tap into the wealth of talent in Liverpool more effectively than they have done for the last ten years, and hopefully the future looks bright for the youth of Liverpool Football Club.
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INTRODUCING THE WINDOWS PHONE 7!
This week it is former LFC WAG Jennifer Metcalfe!
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While it was disappointing to lose to United yesterday, it is clear that some adjustments need to be made to the youth program. Unfortunately the Premier League is an extremely physical and robust league. There was a huge difference between several of the United players compared to even to Coady in terms of muscle mass. This needs to be addressed urgently. It would be an absolute travesty if the incredibly beautiful football that these young players constantly produce is negated by the absence of the necessary physicality needed in the Premiership. Even if players like Suso and Sterling cannot be made taller they can be got to put on more muscle mass. Dalglish’s poor excuse for not using some of these in the firstteam is paperthin when one sees the likes of 5foot 4 inches Aaron Lennon and 5foot 8 inches Jack Wiltshire. Suso and Sterling have more talent now at 16 than Cole,Maxi,Spearing and Kuyt will ever have.
nonsense, half of our youth are useless, your kidding yourself, they are barely championship standard.
people need to wake up and realise kenny dalglish knows more about these kids than any one of us if they were good enough for a game they would get a chance, being able to kick a ball well or being quick or being able to dribble doesnt even come close to meaning what it takes to become a quality footballer, half of the kids dont have the right attitude to become a winner, then others are only trying to become footballers for money.
as i said, skill only counts for a small part of the game, some of you are so blind, heres an example, sami hyppia, not exactly good on the ball, but he had an amazing football brain which is what 95% of kids are lacking.
Hyppia only lacked lightening pace. He was brilliant on the ball, he was NOT a hoof merchant.
Neil, on a scale of 1 to 10 how impressed are you with Cole,Maxi,Spearing and Kuyt? Dalglish has no history of bringing through youth players and will continue to offer excuses not to do so.
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