Quote Originally Posted by Onehunglow View Post
If you do your home work you'll see that "people like Richard Hartley" had a major hand in the early junior and youth development of Ben Kantarovski, James Virgili, Jacob Pepper and Jason Hoffman.
And.......... a list of kids in their dozens whom he broke in two who were all just as good if not better. Not just Richard, he is a good coach in the main but there are many who are better than him locally. Just let kids play and leave the experts to their mirrors and their egos. Football has gone backwards since the whole curriculum rubbish was thrust upon zones and associations via the Dutch revolution of Han Berger. We are experiencing the outcome of that when our Joey's lose to Myanmar and Socceroos cannot beat Thailand. Local football is a blip on the radar nationally and a microscopic dust particle internationally. They are spending millions in India and China and with A League clubs controlling broadcast revenues now, the FFA will need to fund international programs via........the kids.....again. I hope all are savvy enough to ensure you get value. I will bail out of this forum now, good advice. My kids have moved on and playing at good clubs in good programs. I just sit away from the fabricated football experts each season.