by From Despair To Where? » 13 Nov 2017 10:42
by Nameless » 13 Nov 2017 10:43
SCIAGSutekh Bring back proper reserve team football.
Would make no difference. Clubs are already allowed to field 3 overage players + GK, but very rarely hit that.From Despair To Where?Snowflake Royal Absolutely No.
Exactly what I thought. This country has a long established league structure that works
By what measure?
Our leading clubs struggle to compete in European competitions. Our national team gets worse with every passing tournament. In the lower leagues, standards are low, prices are high, managers are still sacked as a matter of routine and most clubs have extremely perilous financial situations. Attendances are falling. Clubs have to spend large amounts of money signing players from abroad who often aren't even internationals. I'd say that the current system is doing very badly.
by John Smith » 13 Nov 2017 11:29
SCIAG Our leading clubs struggle to compete in European competitions. Our national team gets worse with every passing tournament. In the lower leagues, standards are low, prices are high, managers are still sacked as a matter of routine and most clubs have extremely perilous financial situations. Attendances are falling. Clubs have to spend large amounts of money signing players from abroad who often aren't even internationals. I'd say that the current system is doing very badly.
by From Despair To Where? » 13 Nov 2017 13:42
by Sutekh » 13 Nov 2017 14:06
SCIAGFrom Despair To Where?Snowflake Royal Absolutely No.
Exactly what I thought. This country has a long established league structure that works
By what measure?
Our leading clubs struggle to compete in European competitions. Our national team gets worse with every passing tournament. In the lower leagues, standards are low, prices are high, managers are still sacked as a matter of routine and most clubs have extremely perilous financial situations. Attendances are falling. Clubs have to spend large amounts of money signing players from abroad who often aren't even internationals. I'd say that the current system is doing very badly.
by Nameless » 13 Nov 2017 14:20
From Despair To Where? Having said that, I can definitely see how the national team has benefitted greatly from our academy giving first team opportunities to Alex Pearce, Jem Karacan, Simon Church, Hal Robson Kanu, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Simon Cox, Jake Taylor and Liam Kelly.
Also, a lot of these non international foreigners come into the lower divisions in the much the same way as Adam Federici; pitching up at endless trials, hoping to impress.
by SCIAG » 13 Nov 2017 14:21
From Despair To Where? So the solution is an academy league parachuted in at Step 5, played in front of crowds a fraction of that currently at Step 5 make the slightest bit of difference? Man Utd or Chelsea will still stockpile young players, still farm them off to higher placed teams and the reward at the pinnacle of Non League Football will be a promotion to playing youth football.
by From Despair To Where? » 13 Nov 2017 14:24
by Nameless » 13 Nov 2017 14:39
SCIAG
It works in other countries. No reason why it wouldn't work here. We shouldn't let our traditions hold us back.
by Nameless » 13 Nov 2017 14:41
From Despair To Where? True, but I'm talking about players who've played a significant number of first team games or, in the case of Taylor, scored a league goal.
Who's to say that Southwood or Loader will play for England or won't find an grandparent who gives them an alternative route into international football?
by SCIAG » 13 Nov 2017 15:45
NamelessSCIAG
It works in other countries. No reason why it wouldn't work here. We shouldn't let our traditions hold us back.
Talk us through the ways it has worked in Holland. Both in terms of continuing the success of their club sides and the performance of their national side....
In terms of there being ‘no reason why it wouldn’t work here’ that is first of all a rubbish basis for an argument
and secondly it’s clearly untrue. There’s no real reason it would work. There seems no appetite for it anywhere, there’s no reason why clubs would take it seriously and it wouldn’t address any of the perceived problems in the game.
by From Despair To Where? » 13 Nov 2017 19:14
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