Not Andy Naylor
Well-known member
For the hard of understanding. We had 3 youngsters make their 1st team debut last season with Arron wan bisaka being the stand out one . We have a couple more who could break through next season so the academy front is looking good . We are about to be purchasing a new academy site so the aim will be to get cat 1 asap so we can stop losing promising youngsters to big cat 1 clubs ( not you obviously).
As you can see you don't need to be all geared up academy wise to have a successful academy , we need to know your area and the players need that desire to make it . Youngsters from a outback countryside club with all the gear but no idea infrastructure idea will take a long time to get players who have the desire to make it .
I hope that clears things up dopey .
Palace have been talking about buying a new academy site for years. But please tell us when it finally happens. We're all terribly interested.