...coaching 6 years old and to be approached about 2 of my lads by Leics and now WBA. As I said to the Leics scout, its great to see the kids getting attention, but sad for me personally that its not Sky Blues.
Anyway, I said to them both regardless of who the kids and the parents choose, I want them to stay where they are for Sundays for the next year. So the future of English football is safe in my hands...for 12 months.
Taking kids at 6 or 7 is just not right
Yeah, crazy really isn't it.
Treating people as a commodity really (not just us who do that, either!)
its not right really. kids of 7 and 8 can sometimes be with clubs right up until they are 16, pinning all of their hopes on becoming a professional footballer. At 16, which happened to me, your dropped and left to sort your life out. For a kid of 16 to hear that they cannot continue with something they have worked for for over 8 years already is really disheartening, especially when its oer something trivial like height. Wolves got rid of me at 16 for that exact reason, being a few inches too short. Ive heard of goalkeepers being released because of the sizes of their hands- its disgusting. Alex Gott who got released and the end of last season is a good friend of mine and he was devastated by the news. Luckily he found a scholarship in Florida so hasnt got to let go of his dream just yet.
In my opinion clubs should only be allowed to scout under 14's at the lowest. Clubs are more interested in the probability of finding the next big thing rather than the person itself. everyone £100 a week as an apprentice and they can literally let you go at any point.
Cov Kid, id tell the scouts where to go and not to come back for at least another 5 years. Let the lads enjoy their football and they will become better players for it
its not right really. kids of 7 and 8 can sometimes be with clubs right up until they are 16, pinning all of their hopes on becoming a professional footballer. At 16, which happened to me, your dropped and left to sort your life out. For a kid of 16 to hear that they cannot continue with something they have worked for for over 8 years already is really disheartening, especially when its oer something trivial like height. Wolves got rid of me at 16 for that exact reason, being a few inches too short. Ive heard of goalkeepers being released because of the sizes of their hands- its disgusting. Alex Gott who got released and the end of last season is a good friend of mine and he was devastated by the news. Luckily he found a scholarship in Florida so hasnt got to let go of his dream just yet.
In my opinion clubs should only be allowed to scout under 14's at the lowest. Clubs are more interested in the probability of finding the next big thing rather than the person itself. everyone £100 a week as an apprentice and they can literally let you go at any point.
Cov Kid, id tell the scouts where to go and not to come back for at least another 5 years. Let the lads enjoy their football and they will become better players for it
To the OP...your location is South Leics so isn't there just as much of a chance of a Leicestershire scout being there as a CCFC one? How do we know they weren't looking at other kids teams?
I think our Youth set up in the past 10-15 years has been one of the better ones around to be honest. We've produced some good players...Kirkland, Davenport, McSheffrey, Bigirimana, Wilson, Christie, Hall, Whing, Eustace etc. Not all world beaters but good, consistent players who contributed well to CCFC over the years.
Scouting kids at 7 or 8, and then taking the best ones away from their junior clubs and mates (and not allowing them to play for them again!) doesn't seem right to me.
Only six weeks! He'll be sold after that the money grabbing bastardsWell I was happy to get the news over the weekend that my nephew (age of 6) has been given a six week training period with City after they saw him play one game..
I am one very proud Uncle
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Only six weeks! He'll be sold after that the money grabbing bastards
Risky policy. A few good games and he'll have his agent in his ear saying he'd get twice the Fruit Shoots somewhere else.
Don't worry about that, his Uncle is his acting agent and he ensures that his client will be tied down to the longest contract this Club has ever seen..
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Are you David Bell's agent as well?
My son played for Bristol City and Bournemouth and with both he was released at the end of the season and allowed to play the summer six-a-sides with his old club. They had a good team for six-aside as 5 of their number either played for or had trials with professional clubs.
I just wonder whether people are being a little touchy... There are millions playing the game and only 90 or so professional clubs so the chances of being a professional footballer are small. For me, the biggest problem that clubs have with youngsters is managing expectations of the player and the player's family. Poor people skills.
Definitely duffer. Grass roots is where they should be targeting resource haven't we got something line 2k people trained to a specifics coaching standard compared with 20-30k in Spain/Germany/holland, etc?
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