Frank Lampard: Reading FC is just like West Ham United

[Ian Royal]

Does that mean Reading are Chelsea's new feeder club?

No, our players generally have too much class and don't cheat enough to go to Chelsea. One player isn't a feeder club, and even he didn't really fit in there.

[Mad Dog's Ghost]

Yeah, RFC players never cheat.

[Royal With Cheese]

Does that mean Reading are Chelsea's new feeder club?

No, our players generally have too much class and don't cheat enough to go to Chelsea. One player isn't a feeder club, and even he didn't really fit in there.

TBH I think you'll find the real reason we are not a Chelsea (or any of the top 4) "feeder club" is we simply don't produce enough quality players full stop.

[brendywendy]

id suggest we produce more than chelsea

[Royalee]

id suggest we produce more than chelsea

You do know that John Terry came through their academy right?

They produced a few youngsters who went on to play at a decent level in the late 90's.

[peterroyal76]

Does Frank lampard mean that we are broke and have an unproven manager?

[brendywendy]

id suggest we produce more than chelsea

You do know that John Terry came through their academy right?

They produced a few youngsters who went on to play at a decent level in the late 90's.

hence produce

not produced


and thats one player. a very good one yes. but 1.

[Royalee]

Mancienne, Sinclair...both more proven than anything we've produced at this moment in time.

[savage 4 england]

Chelsea didn't produce Scott Sinclair.

[brendywendy]

Mancienne, Sinclair...both more proven than anything we've produced at this moment in time.

but then a club of their size/success/ability to steal children form other clubs at an early age(llegedly) would be able to produce many more than that



and while i agree that mancienne is better than our homegrown defender currently, im not sure hes massively better than some of our other kids playing in other positions