The youth policy is primarily propaganda, a window dressing and veneer -to give the impression of 'growth, academy, nurturing' etc. Yes one or two might make it, be loaned out, hell one or two might even get a first team game or two. But the majority are a second string -which do make a profit however when farmed and sold on. An expensive megastore product. But it really is time to stop this romantic nonsense about 'why dont da yoof get a chance ? '. The reality is football isnt how it was 20-30 years ago when first team players usually came within a small geographical radius of the club. It is now a cut throat business -what investment bank or global franchise hires apprentices in its local area to be chief executives ? No, they head hunt the best globally, to return the maximum profit