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[quote author=peekay link=topic=38731.msg1047194#msg1047194 date=1264976548]
Malcolm Elias having moved to Fulham is trying to poach all of our good youngsters. I am guessing he was successful with Butchmann.
Based on the performances of our reserve squad and U 18 , I think the last thing we should be worried about is our youth set up. It is not like we are loosing the next Rooney or Owen. We do seem to have a couple of decent youngsters who have the potential to make the step up or make us a few million at the very least.
They can be a bit of drama queens over at TLW. Wait for another poster known as Tom R and Code72 to use this incident to show that Rafa is the spawn of Satan.
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Fuckin 'ell, why hasn't SCM got them!
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Trust me, you dont want either of them in SCM. I stopped going to that place thanks to idiots like those. I dont agree with the views of most Anti-Rafa posters on this site. However, baring a few posts here and there, I am able to understand why they feel that way and I respect their opinions.
To Refugee: Yup Butchman is definitely worth a lot more than 100K. However, I am guessing Malcolm Elias knows the ins and outs of these players contracts and is using them to his advantage.
Loosing a young promising talent like him is definitely not good. But I would not make the extrapolation from this incident to "Youth Setup is in Trouble".
Keni - The above phrase was not meant as a dig at you.