He plays in the hole and central midfield and somewhat competent out wide. Very similar to Armando Shashoua.What is his preferred position?
He plays in the hole and central midfield and somewhat competent out wide. Very similar to Armando Shashoua.What is his preferred position?
How long do we wait for Llorente, then?I think Parrott is about a year off being seriously included
Playing youngsters to early can be so damaging I remember the clamour at the time about Jamie Slabber who had scored hatfuls in the youth team but his movement was at best suspect and he was totally found out destroyed the poor lad
I will be going to watch the U18's v Derby at Loughborough Uni on Friday night, are there any particular players to look out for?
I’m interested in going to that. Any idea how to,get tickets?
should be able to just turn up, no need for tickets.
Peter marinello. Ally dick. Paul rideout. Steve mckenzie... Recently at ours Jon bostock. Phil IfillHang on, was he "totally found out" or was it the early exposure?
Sounds to me like he wasn't actually any good.
Can anyone name one example of a young player who had his career ruined by early playing time? Urban legend imo.
Peter marinello. Ally dick. Paul rideout. Steve mckenzie... Recently at ours Jon bostock. Phil Ifill
Only one I can comment on is Bostock. And his problem was clearly not early exposure. It was the usual lack of playing time. Made a very bad decision to join us. Went from the Palace first team to our u18s which did him no good at all.
Steve mckenzie played against us in the 81 Cup final v man City.. Scored a fantastic goal.. Lauded as a future superstar.
Bostock?.. Come on.. Exposure was his problem playing in the first team. At 15..it killed him ffs got some first team Game time with us and was clearly lauded as ready and the best thing since sunblest? .. Now playing in Belgium I believe.
Ally dick was a future superstar.. Brought down. From. Scotland by Burkinshaw with us. ...got some first team. Game time.
Phil. Ifill. Wasn't that long ago
Santini gave him. His debut v Chelsea and I think he played the first 6games of that season for us.
Paul rideout was a big bustling center forward.. Was a child superstar.. To his own gumption stuck. It out in the lower leagues and got a couple of seasons late on in his career at Everton...
All introduced to first team. Football all. To young and it really did destroy there careers.
Hang on, was he "totally found out" or was it the early exposure?
Sounds to me like he wasn't actually any good.
Can anyone name one example of a young player who had his career ruined by early playing time? Urban legend imo.
Bostock’s failure here had nothing to do with early playing time. Our coaches had the idea to try to remodel his game into a box-to-box midfielder Gerrard-type, when in reality his talents were more akin to a floating Silva, Carzola-type, just with a bigger frame.Peter marinello. Ally dick. Paul rideout. Steve mckenzie... Recently at ours Jon bostock. Phil Ifill
Obviously never has/did.? He found solice in the church too I believeBostock’s failure here had nothing to do with early playing time. Our coaches had the idea to try to remodel his game into a box-to-box midfielder Gerrard-type, when in reality his talents were more akin to a floating Silva, Carzola-type, just with a bigger frame.
It was a disaster and it took him years to recover.
Bostock’s failure here had nothing to do with early playing time. Our coaches had the idea to try to remodel his game into a box-to-box midfielder Gerrard-type, when in reality his talents were more akin to a floating Silva, Carzola-type, just with a bigger frame.
It was a disaster and it took him years to recover.
I heard from a very good source at the time that the youth coaches made an absolute horlicks of him, and instead of concentrating on what he could do very, very well, they kept concentrating on things he couldn't do, and totally broke his confidence.Bostocks early playing time was at Palace. Where he was doing just fine. When he came to us, he disappeared straight into the usual youth-team-wait-a-few-years-for-the-odd-EL/league cup-game vortex.
What do you want me to say.. I was there and he couldn't hack it?..Not once do you adress the actual reason for any of them failing.
Just because a player makes a couple of appearances at a young age and then fails proves nothing. Correlatory evidence or at least reasoning wozld be nice. Otherwise all you're doing is citing examples of players who failed. Which can be done for the counter argument just as (in-)effectively.
May I ask if you ever watch any of our usual youth team. Or reserve /u18/23's games.Bostocks early playing time was at Palace. Where he was doing just fine. When he came to us, he disappeared straight into the usual youth-team-wait-a-few-years-for-the-odd-EL/league cup-game vortex.
What do you want me to say.. I was there and he couldn't hack it?..
For every one that actually succeeds there's hundreds that fall away.. Failed as you have it even at the youth 16s to 21's stage.. Mostly I can say by being driven since a young age and just having enough and finding life etc ..that's through my own experience as a youth graded coach at a very good level..
I did have a couple of boys who went on to relative success and made a very good living as professionals.