Edward, you've tried to prove your point by going off on a tangent.
I don't remember Spurs putting up much of a fight, maybe they didn't know what they had, but the combination of Segura and Borell have a track record far better than our current incumbent(s). Maybe Inglethorpe will prove eventually to be an inspired piece of recruitment and have a track the equal of the ex-Barcelona pair.
We've focused more on youth recruitment under FSG and Rodgers than previously and Rodgers hasn't had the internal political b.s with Parry and his son that Benitez did.
And if as you state Rafa said '10 years etc, etc' then were at or around that point so the academy, in terms of players, not staff, will indeed be at it's strongest point.
As for Elias, I was referring to his track record at Southampton (he wasn't with us long enough to develop one), where 'tree pulling' should be a touch easier than at the mighty Fulham, though Patrick Roberts may not agree.
I'm not sure either why you were referring to the period 2010-2015, and surely the present, 2015, falls within your defined time frame.
As mind is somewhat tied up with 'doing my homework' you'll have to explain.
And as we've only really 'produced / co-produced' Sterling from the academy/youth ranks/ below the first team since the likes of Carra, Owen, Gerrard etc (Flanno, Rossiter and Ibe would really stretching the point) it's pretty safe to say that the academy has been poor, though that may be down to the time frame requirements/estimations of 10 years and is therefore something that we need to work on and improve by a huge amount. It's more pertinent in our case as we don't have Ambramovich's spending money, though Chelsea seem to be making a better job of their academy than us of our's.
I shall now get my head back in my homework books.