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That last paragraph is the reason why we need the likes of Paul Cook and his staff at the club .He has proved he has the ability to bring in a raw unproven players and make them into a valuable assets for the club.It is always going to be two steps forward and one back that's how we have to do it.The fact that we are loaning our fringe players out to league clubs shows we have made progress.Maybe thats to do with lack of reserve team I don't know but that is going to be rectified next season .I think I read that Chelsea have had something like 30 players out on loan this season and I'm not an advocate of the loan system but my point is that is a sign of a clubs power .

Chelsea sign a lot of young players so City, Spurs, Arsenal and United don't get them and they stick them in the youth team or loan them out to L1/L2 clubs. Swindon have a lot of Chelsea youngsters on loan and MK Dons have a few Arsenal youngsters on loan as well.

Paul Cook and his staff are good at going into Non-league and finding unproven players but maybe we should hold open trials like FC United do to find new players and stick them in the reserve team and turn them into footballers. Have like an age range of 16-24 and if they are good enough then push them into the first team and then they can be sold on for a fee which makes the club a profit. It's a win-win situation. The reason Brentford are doing well in the Championship is because of there youth policy. Another team who has a fantastic youth policy is Southampton.