Maybe we changed out coaching structure a while back but only now are we seeing the first few years of graduates that have benefitted from following that structure from start to finish? Inglethorpe is a coach who many people on here rate highly and the guy did a lot of work between 2006 and 2012 before moving on to Liverpool. I can't claim to know a lot about this, only that whenever I read about our academy his name along with McDermott's and to a lesser extent Ramsey and Sherwood are mentionned as being the driving forces behind how we coach our youngsters.
That's exactly it, IMO.
The big change started in 2004-05, with Frank Arnesen. And then with the appointment of John McDermott. I think Ricardo Moniz was also quite influential.
Some of you might remember bankrupt, who used to post here. He managed to get an interview with McDermott 5+ years ago and wrote it up on the forum. It was a superb piece. Very encouraging reading at the time and it's fantastic now to see it becoming reality.
Inglethorpe was U18 coach, by the way. Did a great job but the credit for the overall implementation of the plan has to go to McDermott.