The report identifies that across the 23/24 Premiership season player 21 and under played less than 4% of all minutes played, in the Championship its less than 10%, League 1 is 14.6% and League 2 is 21.5% You would think this would shock the authorities into action!?

I would reckon Celtic and Rangers would be ranked 1 and 2 if based on number of supporters clubs worldwide. Not a bad metric to use given the exposure of the Scottish game versus the English game. They really are astonishing football clubs

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Not so much a lack of ambition but a failure to except that until our top teams and those below are awash with homegrown players then nothing changes. However, we keep doing the same thing expecting a different result = insanity (as someone once said!)

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In the absence of a League homegrown policy if club's like Celtic mandated their managers to have circa 50% of 1st team squad academy grads then everything changes for the club, the player and the Scottish game

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Size of the talent pool, rather than size of population, is probably the equalising factor. Scotland systematically give away any 'size' advantage by running a small numbers 'elite' system - spend more on fewer hasn't worked

Scotland's future talent pool is getting smaller. Male births are at an all time low and obesity rates at an all time high (*males births in 2023 - 23,594; 2024 not yet available but predicted to be about the same)

Scotland’s best footballing era in terms of talent was concentrated in the late 1970s and early to mid-1980s. 1/2

Average annual births in Scotland that produced Scotland's best era versus players still playing today and those who will play in the future

Small talent pool + absence of meaningful first team pathway = mediocracy for the Scotland National Team

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