Quote Originally Posted by Jim View Post
Having a closed shop could be problematic. There are some good lads in community 9s this year. Dont they deserve a chance to further their abilities if they are superior then some of the lads from this year?
well there you go. thats the conundrum isnt it?
there isnt a right or wrong answer here. reward the kids who have had 2 years and been loyal or move them on for something that will get the club better 'results' in the short term?
just to clarify though im only aware of inhouse trials for their 11's team next year. Not sure what the policy was for new 9's and 9's going to 10's. The trials were kids from SAP, NET and community football. From reports that wasnt the original plan but the club was happy with the kids from within their own club and felt no need to look elsewhere.

was also told that they are trying to get another program going for kids who missed out on SAP in order to keep kids who are motivated and interested and giving them more training options than just the standard 1 session per week in community football. not sure of the details though but again, the club are at least trying something.