Disagree with this completely. What great youth players have come through our team exactly?
Rose, Carroll, Mason, Bentaleb, Townsend, Kane...am I missing anyone?
Out of those Mason is good (But only good) and Kane is a great prospect, the rest are either too young to tell (Bentaleb) or will never cut it (Rose, Townsend). I don't think we're any where near close to "depending" on the academy for 1st team players if this is anything to go by. Maybe in 5-10 years.
It's great to see youngsters coming through, but people seem to forget how many of them are complete rubbish and write offs. For every Kane there's a handful of Livermores (Okay, but not great) and a huge number of Bostock's.