Barcelona youths.

[Oncy]

8 out of Barcelonas starting 11 tonight came through their youth setup.
Valdes
Piqué
Puyol
Busquets
Xavi
Pedro
Bojan
Messi

that's fucking ridiculous.
As was bojans third.

 

[doctor_mac]

And we've got part of the reason for that running our academy.

Which hopefully bodes well.

 

[the count]

Phew!
I thought I had wondered into the Pedo part of the site!

 

[MaBigTip]

[quote author=the count link=topic=40042.msg1097373#msg1097373 date=1272748575]
Phew!
I thought I had wondered into the Pedo part of the site!
[/quote]

Absolute Gold

In addition they never want to leave once they hit the first team, and they yearn to come back if they do leave, A la Pique.

 

[doctor_mac]

[quote author=the count link=topic=40042.msg1097373#msg1097373 date=1272748575]
Phew!
I thought I had wondered into the Pedo part of the site!
[/quote]

No. 'Gamers and geeks' is where the grooming goes on apparently.

 

[Rosco]

Bayern's team that beat Lyon the other night contained seven players that they paid nothing for. 5 from the youth system, 2 free transfers.

 

[Insignificance]

No wonder Rafa needs 5 more players at 20 mill pounds each. All the good players are made by big teams that wants paid for them!!!

 

[Mamma Mia]

[quote author=Insignificance link=topic=40042.msg1097408#msg1097408 date=1272763245]
No wonder Rafa needs 5 more players at 20 mill pounds each. All the good players are made by big teams that wants paid for them!!!
[/quote]

Yeah. Rafa has made no investment and shown no interest in improving our youth development.

Oh.

 

[TheBunnyman]

[quote author=doctor_mac link=topic=40042.msg1097372#msg1097372 date=1272748302]
And we've got part of the reason for that running our academy.

Which hopefully bodes well.
[/quote]

Hopefully he'll stay when Rafa leaves.

It's doubtful though.

 

[irishred]

[quote author=Rosco link=topic=40042.msg1097379#msg1097379 date=1272750477]
Bayern's team that beat Lyon the other night contained seven players that they paid nothing for. 5 from the youth system, 2 free transfers.
[/quote]

That's interesting. They could even put in Toni Kroos when his loan finishes at Leverkusen and their sub goalie Rensing aswell.

 

[Halmeister]

[quote author=Rosco link=topic=40042.msg1097379#msg1097379 date=1272750477]
Bayern's team that beat Lyon the other night contained seven players that they paid nothing for. 5 from the youth system, 2 free transfers.
[/quote]

It winds me up because you CAN sign good players for free from time to time. It's just Benitez fails spectacularly more often than not with them. I can only think of Aurelio who isn't completely muck.

 

[IGotALuvlyBunchOfCoconuts]

[quote author=Rosco link=topic=40042.msg1097379#msg1097379 date=1272750477]
Bayern's team that beat Lyon the other night contained seven players that they paid nothing for. 5 from the youth system, 2 free transfers.
[/quote]

And they've got a great manager that knows how to balance a team.
Oh and they've won the league, and in with a good shout a CL trophy too.