@owlstalk Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Under-18s boss Ben Wilkinson is leaving the Owls after landing a top youth role at Premier League champions Manchester City. https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-owls-academy-coach-poised-to-join-premier-league-giants-1-9217254 Owlstalk Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casbahowl Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 11 minutes ago, @owlstalk said: Under-18s boss Ben Wilkinson is leaving the Owls after landing a top youth role at Premier League champions Manchester City. https://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/football/sheffield-wednesday/sheffield-wednesday-owls-academy-coach-poised-to-join-premier-league-giants-1-9217254 Another reason to dump the academy and heavily invest in scouting, just like Brentford/Huddersfield. Not only are PL clubs plundering all the playing talent from other academies they’re now pinching the best coaches too. The academy system is deeply flawed and outdated and only benefits the top 10 richest clubs. More and more clubs will opt out until the Football League change the rules on what is rapidly becoming a monopoly! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S36 OWL Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 47 minutes ago, casbahowl said: Another reason to dump the academy and heavily invest in scouting, just like Brentford/Huddersfield. Not only are PL clubs plundering all the playing talent from other academies they’re now pinching the best coaches too. The academy system is deeply flawed and outdated and only benefits the top 10 richest clubs. More and more clubs will opt out until the Football League change the rules on what is rapidly becoming a monopoly! Bang on the money mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelcityowlsfan Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Didn't they take another of our youth coaches a year or two ago? Annoying to say the least. Any sniff of talent and they get poached by the PL fat cats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutch McLovin Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 2 hours ago, casbahowl said: Another reason to dump the academy and heavily invest in scouting, just like Brentford/Huddersfield. Not only are PL clubs plundering all the playing talent from other academies they’re now pinching the best coaches too. The academy system is deeply flawed and outdated and only benefits the top 10 richest clubs. More and more clubs will opt out until the Football League change the rules on what is rapidly becoming a monopoly! Whilst I agree with you I don’t think dumping it is the right decision. Yes it’s frustrating and biased towards the top clubs but we’re starting to see some fruits of it and although we’re taking some losses too coaches and players I still think it can be beneficial to us. We seem to be tying the players down now and giving them chances and hopefully they succeed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upperwinngardensowl Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 2 hours ago, steelcityowlsfan said: Didn't they take another of our youth coaches a year or two ago? Annoying to say the least. Any sniff of talent and they get poached by the PL fat cats. This is becoming a trend with us. However, If everyone outside of the top 10 in the Prem started to get rid of their academies there would be no talent to scout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casbahowl Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 49 minutes ago, Dutch McLovin said: Whilst I agree with you I don’t think dumping it is the right decision. Yes it’s frustrating and biased towards the top clubs but we’re starting to see some fruits of it and although we’re taking some losses too coaches and players I still think it can be beneficial to us. We seem to be tying the players down now and giving them chances and hopefully they succeed I can agree with the sentiment pal but I think the writing may be on the wall when a premiership club (Huddersfield) with all their associated riches have taken a business decision that they can’t compete in the academy stakes and they would get a much better bang for their buck by investing their cash in taking their scouting networks both in this country and especially abroad to another level ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffjohnsonmyhero Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 That is sad ,Premier league and the FA stink. Tell you 3 clubs that wont get hit with ffp ,Swansea ,Stoke and West Brom .Parachute payments etc .The football league should insist clubs in the championship can spend the same ,Level playing field ,Don't make me laugh . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waddlesdiamondlights Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 8 hours ago, upperwinngardensowl said: This is becoming a trend with us. However, If everyone outside of the top 10 in the Prem started to get rid of their academies there would be no talent to scout. Its nothing new england poached our best physio in Alan Smith and wasn't Dave Barber our groundsman in the 90,s taken by Arsenal after he was getting awards for Hillsborough being one of the best pitched in the premiership at the time .It seems the old WAWAW doesn't,t apply to everybody Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salmonbones Posted June 22, 2018 Share Posted June 22, 2018 Yes we've lost a big cog in the works. What I really like is that the whole setup do work as a team now, where as before you got the impression certain people were the driving force. I'm confident someone will come in and fill the void, and not just to make up the numbers. Why? Well, because things seem to be being run more professionally, full stop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgmetcalf Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 (edited) 2 hours ago, HubristicClapper said: What I really like is that the whole setup do work as a team now, where as before you got the impression certain people were the driving force. Except for the fact people are leaving because there’s no ambition. That’s from the people who have worked there. The academy is just s token gesture with no real conviction. It’s always been the Wednesday way - copy things without effort Edited June 23, 2018 by pgmetcalf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinno Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Ben is a big loss to our academy great coach and a top bloke i don’t take him leaving as a insult to Wednesday though city are a top set up and Ben already lived in Manchester Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 Everyone stop worrying the top coach is not leaving. The Rotherham Owls coach will still be travelling to every home game next season. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inspector Lestrade Posted June 23, 2018 Share Posted June 23, 2018 On 22/06/2018 at 07:56, casbahowl said: Another reason to dump the academy and heavily invest in scouting, just like Brentford/Huddersfield. Not only are PL clubs plundering all the playing talent from other academies they’re now pinching the best coaches too. The academy system is deeply flawed and outdated and only benefits the top 10 richest clubs. More and more clubs will opt out until the Football League change the rules on what is rapidly becoming a monopoly! Sadly this makes sense. Poor state of affairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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