14-02-2017, 13:15
Unusual for me to get some support ..... or to be supporting your ideas ...... whichever.
The other benefit is that if our youngsters don't develop, don't step up we find that out. We then have a genuine choice of either working with them some more or discarding them actually knowing what we are doing and why. All too often teams fairly randomly discard a young player on minimal evidence, who then starts to shine at a lower level and proves himself far better than the players they decided to keep. Which of course makes you wonder about those who become discouraged at being discarded and leave the game; what would have happened if the club had chosen that pivotal moment to say yes and change their lives?
The other benefit is that if our youngsters don't develop, don't step up we find that out. We then have a genuine choice of either working with them some more or discarding them actually knowing what we are doing and why. All too often teams fairly randomly discard a young player on minimal evidence, who then starts to shine at a lower level and proves himself far better than the players they decided to keep. Which of course makes you wonder about those who become discouraged at being discarded and leave the game; what would have happened if the club had chosen that pivotal moment to say yes and change their lives?