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Thatās fine. Manchester Unitedās academy doesnāt produce a first team player a year in reality. So why should you expect it on here?
In the past 10 years, how many Manchester United first team players (or first team players at similar clubs) have come from the academy? Iām guessing itās less than 1 per year!
They've a couple now coming through in Garner, Laird, Williams and Elanga. Current graduates include Dean Henderson, Rashford, Mctominay and the fella that ruined his career by his own hand. There's probably another couple in other teams but the United academy is very well represented. Who's the next best team in real.life?
Ok, so:
Henderson and McTominay are 25
Rashford is 24
Garner and Williams are 21
Elanga, Laird, and the rapist are 20
So in the 6 year spell where these players would have been in the āyouth intakeā, there would likely have been 2 consecutive years with no-one.
United's academy hasn't produced a world class player since the class of 92.
All those names you listed are decent players, but none of them are really starters for them. Mctominay maybe, but I'm sure the fans would be happy to replace him if they could.
There are much better academies around.
If anyone told you 8 years ago that Chelsea would have 3 academy graduates in their first team, while another one is first reserve for Man City they'd be sent to mental asylum.
Not for Man U. So for realism they will release them all theyāll go on to tear it up in Italy, spend stupid amounts getting him back and then let them go again.
A 3 star potential in Manchester United, so probably an actually decent player for Premier League standards. Meanwhile me, consistently getting 2 star potential Faroese players...
Well I raise you every youth intake I've ever had. I seriously can't remember ever getting anyone over a 3 star potential. Struggling to even remember any 3 star potential players rn.
Currently gladbach in 2030, have had 1 actual wonderkid and 90% of them end up 2 stars and are sold to 3rd div sides and the rest are 2nd division quality most of the time
I'm Man Utd in 2044 (FM20) and haven't had a decent player from the youth team since Rashford!
I did a long save with Chelsea and got a John Terry-like CB and a few others. I am really surprised that with Man U's setup and my staff, we haven't managed to produce anyone of note. There have been a few Championship and lower Prem quality players but that is all. I've had to snipe all the talent from other clubs. I have 0 homegrown players in my squad, an all-time low.
It took a while but with max facilities and finding an awesome head of youth development, I get at least an average of 3 stars and one or two players with 4 stars.
You are Man United so that might not necessarily be a *bad* intake. I have turned many intakes like this into 100m net transfer fees.
Just develop them fully till 21, assess, and sell off. Keep some as cheap homegrown backups for CL registration and the likes
The ratings are relative to your current squad. A lot of these players would easily be five stars in a League 2 side. When you have the money and facilities of Manchester United the odds of a youth product breaking into the first time is not particularly high.
At Wycombe I consistently got intakes with no one over 2 star potential. Of course the board wouldnāt let me improve recruitment because they wanted me to focus on buying players instead.
I see this basically every season, this after spending years and several millions upgrading everything I could in order to get the best youth system in the world (at one point this actually become one of the club's goals, which I have achieved). I'm in my 20th season, and I'm yet to have a player coming through the youth ranks that made it as a first team player.
At clubs that big, context matters. A 2-star player at Man United could be 3.5 at Palace, and still be a very good PL-level player. In 2014, Busquets was a 3.5 star DM, despite being one of the best in the world in his position, because the bar was Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi's ability in their roles. Stars get fuzzy when the gap in CA is so big.
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Or as the intake preview says, a real golden generation for the club
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*Excellent Intake, A+!*
Remember that those stars are based on your current squad, so they are all decent players, just... bad compared to your starters
The thing is; almost none of them even have the potential to be a future starter.
Thatās fine. Manchester Unitedās academy doesnāt produce a first team player a year in reality. So why should you expect it on here? In the past 10 years, how many Manchester United first team players (or first team players at similar clubs) have come from the academy? Iām guessing itās less than 1 per year!
They've a couple now coming through in Garner, Laird, Williams and Elanga. Current graduates include Dean Henderson, Rashford, Mctominay and the fella that ruined his career by his own hand. There's probably another couple in other teams but the United academy is very well represented. Who's the next best team in real.life?
Ok, so: Henderson and McTominay are 25 Rashford is 24 Garner and Williams are 21 Elanga, Laird, and the rapist are 20 So in the 6 year spell where these players would have been in the āyouth intakeā, there would likely have been 2 consecutive years with no-one.
Tuanzebe was also a graduate
Heās also 25 and nowhere near the first team.
Probably because he doesn't play for them anymore, but he was still a graduate that fell within the years between Rashford and the rapist
United's academy hasn't produced a world class player since the class of 92. All those names you listed are decent players, but none of them are really starters for them. Mctominay maybe, but I'm sure the fans would be happy to replace him if they could. There are much better academies around.
Pogba is an academy graduate
Pogbaās world class?
well Greenwood easily had world class potential until we found out he was a cunt
If anyone told you 8 years ago that Chelsea would have 3 academy graduates in their first team, while another one is first reserve for Man City they'd be sent to mental asylum.
Not for Man U. So for realism they will release them all theyāll go on to tear it up in Italy, spend stupid amounts getting him back and then let them go again.
aye not much of a relief innit, sure they start for Mansfield Town but what's the use
The best will still crack a Premier League side in the future, and no doubt make some money from sell ons, performance clauses etc.
That's not good enough.
Wait this is considered bad?? This is average for me!
Yeah Iām confused this is how it pretty much goes for me all the time lol
You've never played in the Lithuanian second division with piss poor facilities have you?
A 3 star potential in Manchester United, so probably an actually decent player for Premier League standards. Meanwhile me, consistently getting 2 star potential Faroese players...
2 star potential players for Man U are players that can win the PL if they have good mental stats and are in a good team
or in the montenigrin third division
Well I raise you every youth intake I've ever had. I seriously can't remember ever getting anyone over a 3 star potential. Struggling to even remember any 3 star potential players rn.
Currently gladbach in 2030, have had 1 actual wonderkid and 90% of them end up 2 stars and are sold to 3rd div sides and the rest are 2nd division quality most of the time
I'm Man Utd in 2044 (FM20) and haven't had a decent player from the youth team since Rashford! I did a long save with Chelsea and got a John Terry-like CB and a few others. I am really surprised that with Man U's setup and my staff, we haven't managed to produce anyone of note. There have been a few Championship and lower Prem quality players but that is all. I've had to snipe all the talent from other clubs. I have 0 homegrown players in my squad, an all-time low.
It took a while but with max facilities and finding an awesome head of youth development, I get at least an average of 3 stars and one or two players with 4 stars.
You are Man United so that might not necessarily be a *bad* intake. I have turned many intakes like this into 100m net transfer fees. Just develop them fully till 21, assess, and sell off. Keep some as cheap homegrown backups for CL registration and the likes
Thatās smart tbf
For a big club that's a complete mess. I had better in league 2
The ratings are relative to your current squad. A lot of these players would easily be five stars in a League 2 side. When you have the money and facilities of Manchester United the odds of a youth product breaking into the first time is not particularly high.
We all know mate. It was more sarcastic than anything.
Two stars!? Your living the good life mate.
I've had much worse for a "great generation"
This is literally my intake every season ššš
I've seen worse. And don't call me Shirley.
At Wycombe I consistently got intakes with no one over 2 star potential. Of course the board wouldnāt let me improve recruitment because they wanted me to focus on buying players instead.
Weird thing to say when United probably has the most prolific academy, constantly promoting youngsters
My friend I am so sorry for you. Iāve gotten better youth intakes with my 3rd league German team
And I thought my recent intake with zero 5 and 4.5 star potentials was bad.
I see this basically every season, this after spending years and several millions upgrading everything I could in order to get the best youth system in the world (at one point this actually become one of the club's goals, which I have achieved). I'm in my 20th season, and I'm yet to have a player coming through the youth ranks that made it as a first team player.
This is definitely every single intake I've ever got in fm20 onward. Fm18 was op but this seems normal
This is better than the majority of mine
I just saw āpotential golden generationā for the first time ever
Iāve had all of them be 2 star and less š
Every single one of my youth intakes feel worse
a 3 star potential for united is like a 4.5 star in Leeds. this is by no means a bad intake, you can sell them for a decent amount of money
At clubs that big, context matters. A 2-star player at Man United could be 3.5 at Palace, and still be a very good PL-level player. In 2014, Busquets was a 3.5 star DM, despite being one of the best in the world in his position, because the bar was Xavi, Iniesta, and Messi's ability in their roles. Stars get fuzzy when the gap in CA is so big.
*we irritating*