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Originally Posted by Vitruvian Man

1. Become the Ajax of Ireland by investing the money in top quality youth structures and facilities eventually reaping the rewards on the pitch and making the money back in transfers. Dominate the league on and off over the long term.

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I would be nervous about this point. How much of setting up a youth acadamy involves having cash and how much involves having the right people? Building a top training ground with all the facilities would be a help but would be no guarentee of underage success. The coaches, not the facilities, would be important here and I would be nervous of building a white elephant.

I was reading the other day that Celtic, a club who have a pretty successful youth set up, invest about £1.5m a year in their youth set up and that's without any decent facilities to go along with them. Rangers on the other hand have top class facilities but lag behind Celtic in terms of youth development. You're completely correct Bald Student. Also the outlay of having either of both will soak up Bohs €26m in a decade or two. Bohs fans must remember our proximity to Britain and the fact that we live in the shadow of the EPL. They will not break this dominance and I think their hopes and dreams of future dominance based on an academy model are a bit pie in the sky.