Reserves/Youth

I think the simple answer is that our youth players aren't anywhere near as good as Arsenal supporters believe they are. We've heard for many years that our academy is one of the best in the country, but there is no actual evidence for that. Compared to clubs like Southampton, Dortmund or Man Utd we're amateurs.

Ashley Cole and Jack Wilshere are the only two players I can think of that came through our academy and went on to become successful international players.

But we're spending money and trying to get it to work. Can't seem to understand what the problem is...

But we're spending money and trying to get it to work. Can't seem to understand what the problem is...

Takes a very long time. Literally a generation of players.

Is that y Davis beckham has his son at arsenal academy?

From what i read there is lot of mismanagement and politics at the academy and AW cant handle it all.

Since Wenger came in we haven't really had any breakthrough players. The only world-class player to come through our academy is Ashley Cole.

We re-devleoped the academy in what, 2000? We should be reaping the rewards now, but because of ineptitude from Chippy and the other backroom staff, we've been held back for a few generations.

Jonker has came in with a task that will only be shown in years time. He's brought in De Kat and some other bloke but Brady's men like Gatting and Laraman will probably get shown the door sooner rather than later.

But this isn't just a problem for us, many teams don't have a successful academy in England anymore, and it's down to grassroots football which is a massive problem in England. Although players like Bamford and Wilson are coming through for our rivals and they look impressive.