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Originally Posted by Deffeh
what? Marshall / Kennedy / McManus / Beattie / McGeady / Maloney / Wallace didnt come from nowhere. Many more have come through and would be good enough to play for you or other small teams, but arent good enough to play for us (re smith, burchill, fotheringham, crainey). Lets not forget we lost Liam Miller too (who despite being shite for man utd, was good for us). To say we dont concentrate on youth teams considering how well our youth teams do in the youth leagues is downright ludicrous.
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riordan oconnor whittaker scott brown thompson have three years between them, all are scotland caps at full or U21, and those in the latter bracket - the last three - have to be hot favourites for the first team in a couple of years. Regardless of his Rooney temperament the season before last, Scott Brown is one of the best players in Scotland or from Scotland right now, and if hibs had had a youth academy for him to train in, scott brown would be playing for chelsea by 23. deff, i know you disliked him because he was pretty violent in 03/04 (on which note, legitimately defend the behaviour of Hartson and Lennon since the year dot. go on, try) but he's been a much cleaner player since he got back from injury, and a much better player. He's fast, accurate, skillful, and he gets stuck into tackles. Now that he's bulked up, he can actually keep the ball when some big bastard tries to throw him off it (sup neil) now too.