

Or, more likely, you need to sack your Head of Youth Development and replace them with a better candidate. Well, have you ever wondered just how much your club is spending on its youth academy to generate its (so-called) talent? If each and every one of the youth intake for a number of years isn’t good enough for your first team, using a data-driven approach to support this might be indicative that you may need to encourage the board to spend more on youth coaching or youth facilities to improve the quality of youngsters you can attract and their current/potential abilities. You might be wondering why I’ve gone to this level of trouble taking note of all this data.
