It's Quiet - a new dawn

[bugsyblue]

I thought Sane was fantastic there v Chelsea.

Problem came when he went off.

I stand corrected. Fantastic today too so far.

 

[Dobsy]

It will always come back to "if they are good enough" they will get given opportunity and that is not for the likes of you or I to decide.

Some people would rather see failure with youth players than success with transfers. They're probably the same people who immediately get on the back of any player who makes a mistake and destroy their confidence. Not happy unless they're miserable.

 

[Neville Kneville]

It will always come back to "if they are good enough" they will get given opportunity and that is not for the likes of you or I to decide.

That's another ridiculous cliché used every year.

Hardly any kids in the world anywhere are 'good enough' they become 'good enough' by being given time on the pitch to learn how to be 'good enough'.

If that ridiculous cliché applied no kids would ever play, anywhere.

You can see in games like today how the kids are learning what they can & can't do at senior level & how they must change to adapt. What they need is time on the pitch to refine it. They have no way of learning it without playing.

You don't get that on the training pitch & it's all necessary in order to be 'good enough' or otherwise they rot away playing shit level football & lose their desire & edge, like most of our academy kids have done so far.

I wish this cowardly attitude amongst some fans would stop. We never used to be like this.

 

[AustinBlue]

That's another ridiculous cliché used every year.

Hardly any kids in the world anywhere are 'good enough' they become 'good enough' by being given time on the pitch to learn how to be 'good enough'.

If that ridiculous cliché applied no kids would ever play, anywhere.

You can see in games like today how the kids are learning what they can & can't do at senior level & how they must change to adapt. What they need is time on the pitch to refine it. They have no way of learning it without playing.

You don't get that on the training pitch & it's all necessary in order to be 'good enough' or otherwise they rot away playing shit level football & lose their desire & edge, like most of our academy kids have done so far.

I wish this cowardly attitude amongst some fans would stop. We never used to be like this.

We also never used to be in the champions league or regularly challenging for cups and titles, and in an era where kids have 12 second attention spans for video clips and wanting the winning teams for their FIFA game.

 

[Neville Kneville]

I stand corrected. Fantastic today too so far.

He could learn to become a really good defender too imo. Not that we would want to see him there but it's another bonus to the team when a wide player can defend like a fullback.

 

[Neville Kneville]

We also never used to be in the champions league or regularly challenging for cups and titles, and in an era where kids have 12 second attention spans for video clips and wanting the winning teams for their FIFA game.

We used to be fighting for titles & also fighting relegation. It's just as important at both ends.

We didn't used to shit ourselves at the thought of a kid playing, we used to support it & cheer them on.

That was our club's tradition.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Some people would rather see failure with youth players than success with transfers. They're probably the same people who immediately get on the back of any player who makes a mistake and destroy their confidence. Not happy unless they're miserable.

What shite.

 

[Neville Kneville]

Sterling is starting to get into a lot of scoring positions playing inside.

Another striking option.

 

[AustinBlue]

We used to be fighting for titles & also fighting relegation. It's just as important at both ends.

We didn't used to shit ourselves at the thought of a kid playing, we used to support it & cheer them on.

That was our club's tradition.

That's the era I grew up in... but that's not the modern premier league game or even modern life. Dropping down a division or two wasn't death before the television and internet era. As long as fans showed up on the terraces and bought pints and pies and shirts, a team could survive a few seasons without winning because revenue wasn't dependent on the media et al. Outside football we used to give teenagers real apprenticeships into real jobs to stay with a company their whole working life and in which they could support families too. The world has moved on my friend.

 

[Neville Kneville]

That's the era I grew up in... but that's not the modern premier league game or even modern life. Dropping down a division or two wasn't death before the television and internet era. As long as fans showed up on the terraces and bought pints and pies and shirts, a team could survive a few seasons without winning because revenue wasn't dependent on the media et al. Outside football we used to give teenagers real apprenticeships into real jobs to stay with a company their whole working life and in which they could support families too. The world has moved on my friend.

There are loads of teams who use kids in their squads.

City & Chelsea have just set a terrible precident by harvesting some of the best kids in the world & not using any of them.

It's not typical in football.