the gunslinger 3,366 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 I disagree, I really couldn't care less what football team the individuals support. thats not worked out well for us of late. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,494 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Very self sustainable all the same Not so sure. The famous Ajax youth system has only been revamped this year for years they were not near the best in Holland. 2 or 3 seasons ago they had 70 players for 2 selection teams They had something like 28 players bought for the first team sitting in the stands every week. Ajax youth may have been fantastic in the 80's -90's but it is certainly no where near that now. Feynoord is known to have the best youth system around for the last 5+ years. At the last count Ajax was as low as the 7th best in Holland but they may have improved on that. They have also been busy in the last window buying new players in. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Not so sure. The famous Ajax youth system has only been revamped this year for years they were not near the best in Holland. 2 or 3 seasons ago they had 70 players for 2 selection teams They had something like 28 players bought for the first team sitting in the stands every week. Ajax youth may have been fantastic in the 80's -90's but it is certainly no where near that now. Feynoord is known to have the best youth system around for the last 5+ years. At the last count Ajax was as low as the 7th best in Holland but they may have improved on that. They have also been busy in the last window buying new players in. Interesting Pete. Clearly you're closer to it than I am, but Ajax still seem to have continued selling on players to other European clubs the last few years. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 (edited) Sorry mate Ajax are the wrong example the dust is just settling after they had feuding board room battles for the last few years. Most of their board had to resign when the club was split into 2 camps. The Johan Cruiff supporters and the members and supporters of the last board. Johan Cruiff was also brought in a few years ago but Marco van Basten told him you can watch but I make the decisions at all levels. Cruiff resigned. There are nearly always boardroom fights at Ajax. Ajax who play in europe every year, won 3 in a row under a superb manager and sold the likes of Eriksen and Vertonghen for decent money in the past couple of seasons. Light years ahead of us. Far better run than 99% of the Premiership Edited September 6, 2013 by Ser Barristan Selmy 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pete 2,494 Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 Interesting Pete. Clearly you're closer to it than I am, but Ajax still seem to have continued selling on players to other European clubs the last few years. Yes but it is not the Ajax system that makes these players great it is the full Dutch footballing system. These guy's are being well coached from 4-5 years old. I have said it before Ajax were so good in the 80's 90's because they were the first Dutch team to start Scouting the whole of Holland and indeed only picking players who fitted in their system. They had a jump on everybody else who only scouted in their own region. They had the pick of the whole of Holland. The Ajax youth system of the past few years that you guy's think was so good is a fable. Thy buy far more than they produce from the youth. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ser Barristan Selmy 222 Posted September 6, 2013 Author Share Posted September 6, 2013 thats not worked out well for us of late. Neither has your wish for the ill conceived shared ownership structure which constantly fails. For every Charles Green I raise you a Craig Whyte. It is utterly irrelevant who the game players support. They are all a bunch of useless shites. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BEARGER 1,829 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 He also did not know who Bill Struth was. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Neither has your wish for the ill conceived shared ownership structure which constantly fails. For every Charles Green I raise you a Craig Whyte. It is utterly irrelevant who the game players support. They are all a bunch of useless shites. Whyte was never a rangers fan. Nor sdm. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplythebest 0 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Whyte was never a rangers fan. Nor sdm. So we've not been owned by fans since before 1988? 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
the gunslinger 3,366 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Probably further back than that in reality. 0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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