Professor Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Saints are said to be in the market for a striker. The three we have all have their own qualities so it would be interesting to know what Adkins is looking for. We also have Ryan Doble, who has made the fringe of the first team, as well as Wales u-21 and the fringe of the Welsh full side. Ryan will be 21 next February so although he can still improve, he should have arrived as a player now. Is he good enough for the extra striker slot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Send him out on loan to L1 club, see how he gets on. Hasnt dont it so far and needs to either do it or move on now I think. Don't think he did brilliantly at Stockport last year ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Can't really say, haven't seen much of him at all so I'm not sure what sort of player he is. I think he can also play wide from his spells on loan. Doubt he'll get much of a chance here tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Don't think he did brilliantly at Stockport last year ? Didn't help himself by getting sent off in his second game though did he.It would seem to me that many of our young players are overly aggresive, don't know whether that stems from not having a reserve side to give them regular football or what. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Didnt he score and get sent off, then didnt see much of him after that ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Didnt he score and get sent off, then didnt see much of him after that ? yep that's about it,put Stockport down to 9 men.Think he played one game for them after that, went on loan somewhere else last season as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Didn't help himself by getting sent off in his second game though did he.It would seem to me that many of our young players are overly aggresive, don't know whether that stems from not having a reserve side to give them regular football or what. From what I heard it wasn't worthy of a red card and the ref had an awful game missing bad tackles which lead to the Doble (arm up but no contact) red. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 yep that's about it,put Stockport down to 9 men.Think he played one game for them after that, went on loan somewhere else last season as well. Oxford for a few games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 How did he get on there ? Is he L2 standard? If he is then I don't see the point in keeping him, as he's probably not going to grow with the squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Didn't help himself by getting sent off in his second game though did he.It would seem to me that many of our young players are overly aggresive, don't know whether that stems from not having a reserve side to give them regular football or what. Which ones? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Which ones? Doble and Gobern for starters,although Gobern is now an ex-player of course.Didn't Pulis get sent off as well in a loan spell? Lancashire was king of the red card when he was with us,don't know if he's got any better, highly likely as I think he had a pretty good season at Walsall.Morgan gets his fair share of yellows as well, but then so do Chaplow and Hammond,probably a bit necessary in their cases,CMs get cards.Hasn't McGoldrick (again an ex-player) been sent off a couple of times this season as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Morgan, Chaplow and Hammond are hardly our 'youth' players. Plus they play in the centre of the park, they're going to get cards. Chaplow is a dirty player, no doubt about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Pulis signed for us when he was 23, you can't exactly call him one of our youngsters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 "Many" = 2 and the evidence is: one got sent off for what was clearly some kind of accidental lunge/slip rather than anything malicious. one got sent off for a challenge you have never, I presume, seen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Yet another one not capable of playing at a high level Very worrying that Cortese is expecting the Academy to supply players to play in the PL dont think it is going to happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint_clark Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Yet another one not capable of playing at a high level Very worrying that Cortese is expecting the Academy to supply players to play in the PL dont think it is going to happen All academies produce more incapable players than capable ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Yet another one not capable of playing at a high level Very worrying that Cortese is expecting the Academy to supply players to play in the PL dont think it is going to happen Yeah, I don't think he's planning on fielding a team made exclusively of academy players so it's ok Johnny, put a clean pair of pants on and carry on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisPY Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Yet another one not capable of playing at a high level Very worrying that Cortese is expecting the Academy to supply players to play in the PL dont think it is going to happen Walcott Bale Chamberlain Lallana Mills Baird To name 6 that would currently make a fair few starting 11s in the Prem. Obviously in an ideal world the whole team would be made up of academy graduates but if we could keep 6 players like that in a prem team we'd be doing pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy Diamond Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 I think we've already proved we can't just throw youngsters in the team with little or no experience. By all means he should be given a chance to be part of the first team squad, but not signing tried and tested players because he *might* be a prospect is a bit much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Clarke Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Yet another one not capable of playing at a high level Very worrying that Cortese is expecting the Academy to supply players to play in the PL dont think it is going to happen TBF you will never get a full acadamy squad that makes it. There are plenty of players that Barcelona have tossed to one side, same can be said for Arsenal. Sometimes they come back to haunt you, but alot of the time they drift away down the leagues. I'd say that our success rate compared to other clubs is very high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Verbal Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 (edited) Yeah, I don't think he's planning on fielding a team made exclusively of academy players so it's ok Johnny, put a clean pair of pants on and carry on. Are you sure? Are you absolutely sure? Because I'd hate for anyone to commit to clean underwear based on just a random opinion on Saintsweb. Edited 11 July, 2011 by Verbal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 TBF you will never get a full acadamy squad that makes it. There are plenty of players that Barcelona have tossed to one side, same can be said for Arsenal. Sometimes they come back to haunt you, but alot of the time they drift away down the leagues. I'd say that our success rate compared to other clubs is very high. I have no idea how successful our Academy is compared to other clubs but I would have thought pretty competitive. My point is that Cortese's plan in the PL is to have a team with a fair number of academy players although I agree with this approach I find it highly unlikely it will happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dronskisaint Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Walcott Bale Chamberlain Lallana Mills Baird To name 6 that would currently make a fair few starting 11s in the Prem. Obviously in an ideal world the whole team would be made up of academy graduates but if we could keep 6 players like that in a prem team we'd be doing pretty well. Add Best, Ranger, Dyer and McGoldrick & Blackstock (nearly there with Forest) and it looks a more effective provider all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benjii Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Are you sure? Are you absolutely sure? Because I'd hate for anyone to commit to clean underwear based on just a random opinion on Saintsweb. Maybe slip on some used but unsoiled bloomers to begin with and upgrade to crisp, fresh Kelvins when the excitement has passed? I think you're right to play the percentages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dubai_phil Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 What is obviously needed is a mechanism to take the kids on from Academy level until they are ready for the first team. Some kids develop mentally & physically at an early age, some don't come into their own until they hit their mid-twenties. Oh wait we had someone special brought in for just that job ages ago. Whatever happened to him? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugwash Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Ryan will be 21 next February so although he can still improve, he should have arrived as a player now. Seem to remember Lallana made his debut just before his 20th birthday, so too early to write him off yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintmatt Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Seem to remember Lallana made his debut just before his 20th birthday, so too early to write him off yet. Could also say we wrote off Scott MacDonald, Brian Howard, Garry Monk, (Martin Cranie), Mike Williamson etc. too early (I've no idea whether each of these are academy graduates per se, but we certainly had them at the outsets of their careers) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Hasn't McGoldrick (again an ex-player) been sent off a couple of times this season as well? nope. He's still standing around the centre circle using as little energy as possible. Never seen such a lazy player in all my days. I think he got a yellow card, but most likely for time wasting or diving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Saints are said to be in the market for a striker. The three we have all have their own qualities so it would be interesting to know what Adkins is looking for. We also have Ryan Doble, who has made the fringe of the first team, as well as Wales u-21 and the fringe of the Welsh full side. Ryan will be 21 next February so although he can still improve, he should have arrived as a player now. Is he good enough for the extra striker slot? he got a one year extension to his contract in February, so he's contracted until June 2012. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Could also say we wrote off Scott MacDonald, Brian Howard, Garry Monk, (Martin Cranie), Mike Williamson etc. too early (I've no idea whether each of these are academy graduates per se, but we certainly had them at the outsets of their careers) But we were in a better league then, where they wouldnt be challenging our first team players. Were they goign to fit in a midtable prem side - unlikely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eelpie Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 A bit early to be criticising Ryan, isn't it? We have a long pipeline of emerging talent coming through and Ryan, like them, all have to cut their teeth on loans which might take a few years in their progress towards CCC level playing. Not all young players develop at the same rate. Getting games is the most important thing at this stage in their careers. Be patient ffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Walcott Bale Chamberlain Lallana Mills Baird To name 6 that would currently make a fair few starting 11s in the Prem. Obviously in an ideal world the whole team would be made up of academy graduates but if we could keep 6 players like that in a prem team we'd be doing pretty well. you could add Dyer and Cranie to that list and possibly Best Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david in sweden Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Saints are said to be in the market for a striker. The three we have all have their own qualities so it would be interesting to know what Adkins is looking for. We also have Ryan Doble, who has made the fringe of the first team, as well as Wales u-21 and the fringe of the Welsh full side. Ryan will be 21 next February so although he can still improve, he should have arrived as a player now. Is he good enough for the extra striker slot? It would be unfair to expect him to play -or even get a regular bench spot..BUT a 6 month loan to an L1 side would give him some experience, even if he doesn't score a lot of goals at a lower level. If he's getting games then he'll get goals in a decent (Saints ) side later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedelldays Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Saints are said to be in the market for a striker. The three we have all have their own qualities so it would be interesting to know what Adkins is looking for. We also have Ryan Doble, who has made the fringe of the first team, as well as Wales u-21 and the fringe of the Welsh full side. Ryan will be 21 next February so although he can still improve, he should have arrived as a player now. Is he good enough for the extra striker slot? dont you want the club to show some mother-fuking ambition.....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeBenali Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Doble and Gobern for starters,although Gobern is now an ex-player of course.Didn't Pulis get sent off as well in a loan spell? Lancashire was king of the red card when he was with us,don't know if he's got any better, highly likely as I think he had a pretty good season at Walsall.Morgan gets his fair share of yellows as well, but then so do Chaplow and Hammond,probably a bit necessary in their cases,CMs get cards.Hasn't McGoldrick (again an ex-player) been sent off a couple of times this season as well? Paterson vs United in the Cup game under the dynamic Dutch duo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SouthlondonSaint Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 Needs to go out and cut his teeth in L1 or L2 this season. Understand that he did okay at Stockport and not so good at Oxford. Could be a player there, but he needs games now. Paterson v United - what was the referee thinking, he didn't touch Vidic (much!). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 (edited) Doble and Gobern for starters,although Gobern is now an ex-player of course.Didn't Pulis get sent off as well in a loan spell? Lancashire was king of the red card when he was with us,don't know if he's got any better, highly likely as I think he had a pretty good season at Walsall.Morgan gets his fair share of yellows as well, but then so do Chaplow and Hammond,probably a bit necessary in their cases,CMs get cards.Hasn't McGoldrick (again an ex-player) been sent off a couple of times this season as well? Maybe, but Gobern's red was for a split second misjudgement of jumping for a header and then going for a sliding tackle at the same time and he's never likely to do that again, and Doble's red was a pretty harmless high arm holding someone off, so it's a pretty weak premise to begin with. Lancashire was also sent off for stuff all IIRC. And nothing Pulis does correlates to any training Saints would have given... To address the OP, Doble's going to find it tough to get into the side, probably needs a 6 month loan to someone like Aldershot, Oxford or Bournemouth and see if he's got something lower down. It worked for Lallana, Surman and (arguably) McGoldrick. Edited 11 July, 2011 by The9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 11 July, 2011 Share Posted 11 July, 2011 I have no idea how successful our Academy is compared to other clubs but I would have thought pretty competitive. My point is that Cortese's plan in the PL is to have a team with a fair number of academy players although I agree with this approach I find it highly unlikely it will happen. OK, you think that is unlikely, but your opinion is probably tinged by past experience, which might not be a good guide to how things are changing at this club. Previously under former regimes, we had to sell any promising youngsters to keep us afloat. Now we do not have to. Plus, we are making improvements to the facilities and scouting promising youngsters to bring through the teams with the express aim of playing as many as possible in the first team, provided that they make the grade. Under those circumstances, I do not see any particular reason why those aims should not be achieved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 12 July, 2011 Share Posted 12 July, 2011 OK, you think that is unlikely, but your opinion is probably tinged by past experience, which might not be a good guide to how things are changing at this club. Previously under former regimes, we had to sell any promising youngsters to keep us afloat. Now we do not have to. Plus, we are making improvements to the facilities and scouting promising youngsters to bring through the teams with the express aim of playing as many as possible in the first team, provided that they make the grade. Under those circumstances, I do not see any particular reason why those aims should not be achieved. Well I hope you are right but I am almost certain that unfortunately it will not happen. Just because Cortese is now in charge it does not mean that the Academy is going to produce more PL players who want to play for SFC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 12 July, 2011 Share Posted 12 July, 2011 Well I hope you are right but I am almost certain that unfortunately it will not happen. Just because Cortese is now in charge it does not mean that the Academy is going to produce more PL players who want to play for SFC I beg to differ. If you can't see the difference of having Cortese in charge instead of Lowe and the implications of his stated aim to bring through more players into the first team via the academy and if you don't have faith in his ability to achieve that, then you are entitled to your opinion. But if you're going to believe that it won't happen, then perhaps you'll explain why not? If players have been brought through the academy, have been associated with the club over a period of several years, are playing with their mates who they have also known for several years and who have developed with them, then why wouldn't they wish to stay and play together here, (provided of course that they are paid decent Premiership wages?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ewell Posted 12 July, 2011 Share Posted 12 July, 2011 I beg to differ. If you can't see the difference of having Cortese in charge instead of Lowe and the implications of his stated aim to bring through more players into the first team via the academy and if you don't have faith in his ability to achieve that, then you are entitled to your opinion. But if you're going to believe that it won't happen, then perhaps you'll explain why not? If players have been brought through the academy, have been associated with the club over a period of several years, are playing with their mates who they have also known for several years and who have developed with them, then why wouldn't they wish to stay and play together here, (provided of course that they are paid decent Premiership wages?) Probably because no matter how well we get on in the Premier League we will never have the pull of Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs. There is also the fact that every Premier League player seems to want to move on for 'Champions League Football' so that will be the minimum standard we have to aim for. Sorry but like John I agree with the philosophy but I just cannot see us holding onto the very good ones long enough to even get to Champions League level, once there it may be a different story for a short period of time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 12 July, 2011 Share Posted 12 July, 2011 Probably because no matter how well we get on in the Premier League we will never have the pull of Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea and Spurs. There is also the fact that every Premier League player seems to want to move on for 'Champions League Football' so that will be the minimum standard we have to aim for. Sorry but like John I agree with the philosophy but I just cannot see us holding onto the very good ones long enough to even get to Champions League level, once there it may be a different story for a short period of time. As great an attraction as those teams are (and I'm deleting Spurs, as IMO they are a lesser light in that group), nevertheless they can only play 11 players on the pitch at any one time. So, they have squads of players because of their commitments in Europe and the cups, but the fact remains that the number of places in those teams available to ambitious and talented youngsters, is far exceeded by the quantity of players available in the market place. Those teams can not only access all of the Clubs in British football, but also those in the entire World. That is why I am considerably more optimistic that we ought to be able eventually to sustain a reasonable proportion of our first team comprising our own home grown talent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 12 July, 2011 Share Posted 12 July, 2011 I beg to differ. If you can't see the difference of having Cortese in charge instead of Lowe and the implications of his stated aim to bring through more players into the first team via the academy and if you don't have faith in his ability to achieve that, then you are entitled to your opinion. But if you're going to believe that it won't happen, then perhaps you'll explain why not? If players have been brought through the academy, have been associated with the club over a period of several years, are playing with their mates who they have also known for several years and who have developed with them, then why wouldn't they wish to stay and play together here, (provided of course that they are paid decent Premiership wages?) There are two problems with your scenario as I see it 1 SFC and other clubs do not produce enough Academy players capable of playing in the PL The top teams have loads of foreign players a few English players and even fewer who have made it through their Acadamies We have Barnard Forecast and Cork and perhaps others who have not made it despite being in top class Acadamies. 2 Talented young players want success and money and will want to join top 4 PL teams to play in the Champions League I forget their names but both Man U and Liverpool have signed young players from Blackburn and Sunderland recently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 12 July, 2011 Share Posted 12 July, 2011 There are two problems with your scenario as I see it 1 SFC and other clubs do not produce enough Academy players capable of playing in the PL The top teams have loads of foreign players a few English players and even fewer who have made it through their Acadamies We have Barnard Forecast and Cork and perhaps others who have not made it despite being in top class Acadamies. 2 Talented young players want success and money and will want to join top 4 PL teams to play in the Champions League I forget their names but both Man U and Liverpool have signed young players from Blackburn and Sunderland recently Nobody is suggesting that our whole team be comprised of all academy players, but if up to the standard, then of course the more we have the better for us financially, plus they will be known quantities. But when these top clubs have their huge budgets, why particularly would they be after any of our academy players, when they also have their own academies, plus the financial budgets to bring in youngsters from anywhere in the World? Agreed that youngsters naturally want to play for the glory teams, but they must also consider that even if they achieve that, most of them will be bench-warmers at least early on. And as you say, Liverpool and ManUre have signed youngsters from other teams, so the more that they get from elsewhere, the fewer they will need to pinch from us, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted 12 July, 2011 Share Posted 12 July, 2011 Nobody is suggesting that our whole team be comprised of all academy players, but if up to the standard, then of course the more we have the better for us financially, plus they will be known quantities. But when these top clubs have their huge budgets, why particularly would they be after any of our academy players, when they also have their own academies, plus the financial budgets to bring in youngsters from anywhere in the World? Agreed that youngsters naturally want to play for the glory teams, but they must also consider that even if they achieve that, most of them will be bench-warmers at least early on. And as you say, Liverpool and ManUre have signed youngsters from other teams, so the more that they get from elsewhere, the fewer they will need to pinch from us, eh? I dont believe they pinched them from their clubs I expect the players involved were delighted to move. However I just think that you are over optimistic in the power of Mr Cortese who may not be the messiah you think he is bot only time will tell. I am looking forward to the new season but at the moment have little idea how we will perform but expect us to win as many games that we lose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wes Tender Posted 12 July, 2011 Share Posted 12 July, 2011 I dont believe they pinched them from their clubs I expect the players involved were delighted to move. However I just think that you are over optimistic in the power of Mr Cortese who may not be the messiah you think he is bot only time will tell. I am looking forward to the new season but at the moment have little idea how we will perform but expect us to win as many games that we lose Did I suggest that those clubs have pinched those youngsters? Yes, they will see it as a good move, but whether they spend their time on their arses on the bench or on the pitch remains to be seen. They might make it, or they might not and having been released if they don't make it, arguably their careers will not have been advanced as much as if they had played every week and made a name for themselves in the teams they left. I don't think think that Cortese is the Messiah, but I acknowledge that he has high ambitions for the club and presumably the financial backing of the Liebherrs. I have seen nothing about Cortese so far to make me doubt his intentions or his ability. Have you? And IMO we will win more matches than we lose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughieslastminutegoal Posted 12 July, 2011 Share Posted 12 July, 2011 Doble and Gobern for starters,although Gobern is now an ex-player of course.Didn't Pulis get sent off as well in a loan spell? Lancashire was king of the red card when he was with us,don't know if he's got any better, highly likely as I think he had a pretty good season at Walsall.Morgan gets his fair share of yellows as well, but then so do Chaplow and Hammond,probably a bit necessary in their cases,CMs get cards.Hasn't McGoldrick (again an ex-player) been sent off a couple of times this season as well? The ref probably recognised he was so slow that he needed a head start to arrive in the changing room at the same time as everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctoroncall Posted 12 July, 2011 Share Posted 12 July, 2011 As great an attraction as those teams are (and I'm deleting Spurs, as IMO they are a lesser light in that group), nevertheless they can only play 11 players on the pitch at any one time. So, they have squads of players because of their commitments in Europe and the cups, but the fact remains that the number of places in those teams available to ambitious and talented youngsters, is far exceeded by the quantity of players available in the market place. Those teams can not only access all of the Clubs in British football, but also those in the entire World. That is why I am considerably more optimistic that we ought to be able eventually to sustain a reasonable proportion of our first team comprising our own home grown talent. I tend to agree that it is a numbers game and this leads to the critical elements for Saints to get it right: - being able to have a crop of youngster that can make the jump to the first team. I don't think having the odd very talented player (Walcott, Bale, Oxo) come through will work as the impact of losing him will be too great to overcome in being a PL team while raising our own players. It would be better to have a group of players come through, which can be seen to be good players but as they have played together for so long are far better players because of it. - having the infrastructure and coaches in place. The training complex is being improved and the academy we have been told will gain status 1, but do we have the coaches which can get the best out of the players? - scouting network. There needs to one covering enough geographical area to satisfy the need to produce the number of decent youngster (especially if the coaching cannot obtain the best out of each player) and the few supplementary older players. Has the scouting network has been set up (what has happen to that Danish guy)? - selection process of youngsters to produce decent players. If we want to be a PL team and hopefully a top half one then the youngsters need to be of the identified as being able to achieve this as I don't believe any aspiring young footballer is capable of it. I wouldn't have a clue how to do this selection, maybe some kind psychometric test/assessment can be used! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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