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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]congratulation to the kid slap in the face to current academy players, i know a dozen players who are...you can finish the sentence[/quote]

To other players in the academy, this may feel like a slap in the face.  I can understand that.  Especially the players on the older u19 team who are legitimately better than this kid, TODAY. And there are MANY of them that are better than him at their respective positions.  And everyone is probably asking so, why does this happen, if there are kids in the academy that are better than him?  The simple answer is DCU has to homegrown much younger players because they have no pathway to the first team for a player that is arguably already close to that level.  So most of the players who are close to the level in the academy are like no way I'm going to homegrown at DCU, kill college scholarships and all other options outside of DCU when my chances to play first team are slim to none.  And not to mention if you're u19, the expectation of pro minutes is much much higher than if you're 15.  So a 15 year old DCU academy player is much easier to convince that not playing first team minutea is ok and normal and they will just have to develop and wait their turn.  But the reality is that is bullsh#t when DCU has no pathway for him. DCU is having a harder time convincing u19 players of this especially given their track record with homegrown recently.

Is the kid probably the best 2010 they have?  Yes for sure.  I can buy that argument.  But he is absolutely not a professional player, is not ready to be a pro and DCU just did a massive disservice to his career and tried to play it like they are doing something for him.  It's disgusting in my opinion.  
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so much bitterness[/quote]

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