Academy Graduates

[junos_boots]

I was scanning through Football League World and was amazed to see that they had Cameron Jerome down as number 2 of the top rated academy graduates from Boro. I reckon I have spent more time at the academy than him after watching 5 or 6 u23 games at Hurworth!

I know he was there for a while but wasn't it like Matic where it was just a short trial? (no they haven't mentioned Matic or Smalling)

8 of Middlesbrough’s best ever academy graduates — Where are they now?

One thing is for sure about Cameron Jerome, he knows where the goal is. The 35-year-old striker now plies his trade for play-off hopefuls Luton Town in the Championship but has scored goals in a variety of different leagues during an impressive career. He has, in part, his time in the Boro...

footballleagueworld.co.uk

 

[TheYorkshireTerrier]

Can't believe all of the players they have missed out there but included Cameron bloody Jerome.

I think he is similar to Chris Brunt in that they were picked up from somewhere else and spent a short time here, rather than 'coming through.

They could have at least mentioned David Wheater, Lee Cattermole, Andrew Taylor, Joe Bennett, before getting to Jerome.