21-01-2016, 13:28
National player draft suggestion
21-01-2016, 14:39
What's wrong with the loan system as it is? Seems to me they're going round in circles trying to negate the reasons for expanding the league.
21-01-2016, 15:08
It's almost as if you empty your pocket on the table and count the money. Total = x
Count it again a different way and expect the total to be >x.
The truth is, you've got x and you have to do the best you can with it.
Count it again a different way and expect the total to be >x.
The truth is, you've got x and you have to do the best you can with it.
21-01-2016, 15:34
I'm guessing that while some young players are loaned out by their parent clubs, many are not given that chance to play matches at a standard that is beneficial to them. So their development is hindered and some of them may not recover from this lack of opportunity and indeed, some of them may leave the sport altogether due to eventual apathy and disappointment. This proposal is trying to redress these kinda problems and possibly give a potentially good young player a solid grounding/interest in his quest to succeed in pro football during the years that he's been taken under the wing of his parent club. They are trying to provide a better way of nurturing youth players after probably assessing a huge list of youth casualties/failures that maybe covered the past 5-10 years at various Scottish football clubs.
21-01-2016, 16:17
It's not the way players are treated when they've developed that is the problem though (let's not make this about 'young' players - these guys are U20 level - very close to being fully developed football-wise).
As a nation Scotland needs to provide environments for truly young players to learn and develop. We should be looking at other nations who historically do much better than we do with similar resources. How does Uruguay provide so many top class footballers, for instance. Or Sweden, Norway and Denmark?
Countries like these are developing their young players far better than we are - and have been doing so consistently for decades. Why? It's certainly not done by playing selected U20s against third division senior teams.
It's done by teaching their young footballers the necessary skills of the game and focusing on technical ability over brutish strength and stamina.
The SPFL are being knee-jerkingly short-sighted to the point of embarrassment.
As a nation Scotland needs to provide environments for truly young players to learn and develop. We should be looking at other nations who historically do much better than we do with similar resources. How does Uruguay provide so many top class footballers, for instance. Or Sweden, Norway and Denmark?
Countries like these are developing their young players far better than we are - and have been doing so consistently for decades. Why? It's certainly not done by playing selected U20s against third division senior teams.
It's done by teaching their young footballers the necessary skills of the game and focusing on technical ability over brutish strength and stamina.
The SPFL are being knee-jerkingly short-sighted to the point of embarrassment.
21-01-2016, 16:32
I think the problem is societal - that's right audience another football related item that isn't necessarily football's fault.
Kids have a lot of choice and no choice at al these days: if they want to compete there is a multitude of sports available and the opposite is also true, if the can't be bothered there are a host of ways to occupy yourself without taking part in sport.
Historically - and I include myself in one of the last generations to "suffer" this - working class (read little disposable income) kids in Scotland had no outlet for physical activity other than kicking a ball about. All day, everyday. The much vaunted "contact time" with the ball was all you had. I played football before, during and after school. That was it. Occasionally I'd go somewhere on my bike and play football there. That's what there was.
When you read the reports on the state of the nation's health etc - across all age groups - it's no surprise that we aren't as we once were. Decadence.
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/09...#res485546
From the stats in that Scotland is not raising a nation of athletes.
Kids have a lot of choice and no choice at al these days: if they want to compete there is a multitude of sports available and the opposite is also true, if the can't be bothered there are a host of ways to occupy yourself without taking part in sport.
Historically - and I include myself in one of the last generations to "suffer" this - working class (read little disposable income) kids in Scotland had no outlet for physical activity other than kicking a ball about. All day, everyday. The much vaunted "contact time" with the ball was all you had. I played football before, during and after school. That was it. Occasionally I'd go somewhere on my bike and play football there. That's what there was.
When you read the reports on the state of the nation's health etc - across all age groups - it's no surprise that we aren't as we once were. Decadence.
http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2015/09...#res485546
From the stats in that Scotland is not raising a nation of athletes.
21-01-2016, 16:51
Also, I don't think it's right to force our lower league teams to take our top league teams' U20s. How much financial recompense are the wee teams going to get out of it to make it worthwhile? The way they're wording it makes it sound like they're doing the wee teams a f*cking favour.
21-01-2016, 17:03
Sadly technology has been the fundamental reason for our demise, as well as lack of areas to play sports. As previously said the majority of uswere out morning till night, generally playing football in any space we could find. The Responsibilty Government could possibly do more to encourage families with funding for cheaper lesuire centre use therefore educating kids to live healthier lifestyles. Ergo kids playing more sports rather than it being a privilege for the few.
21-01-2016, 17:34
supercooper Wrote:Sadly technology has been the fundamental reason for our demise, as well as lack of areas to play sports. As previously said the majority of uswere out morning till night, generally playing football in any space we could find. The Responsibilty Government could possibly do more to encourage families with funding for cheaper lesuire centre use therefore educating kids to live healthier lifestyles. Ergo kids playing more sports rather than it being a privilege for the few.
Glasgow's quite cheap for swimming etc. I take my youngest two to Glasgow every easter. Gorbals swimming complex is abut 50p or £1 for kids - and i believe it is free for kids that go to school in glasgow.
However, Dennistoun, where I grew up, is wall to wall cars - the local school red ash pitch is now a high fence pay as you play astro turf. Although I'm sure the school use it during the day, it's a disgrace that local kids have no free access in the evenings. And you couldn't play kerby anywhere in the vicinity these days - we used to do kerby headers, throw ins, left foot, right foot. It was great for improving skills.
21-01-2016, 17:47
The good old days of kerby. I actually taught my eldest to play that, but living on a quiet suburbian street will allow that. Growing up in castlemilk you rarely saw a car pass by, and there was so much space to play football. And to think then we had pro footballers who used to join in a game on occasion. Halcion days.
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