Quote Originally Posted by plague View Post
but even then, you say winning is important at U/9 level, but here you are celebrating not winning. which is it?

but your point isnt without merit as far as that 'golden generation' is concerned. they were truly great players, but how did they get there? it always seems it was done at the club/individual level. and the shitshow that is the FFA has failed terribly since then to find the next generation and the one after that and the one after that, all of whom should be better than their predecessors.

we went from 74 to 06 with nothing to show, and although we keep qualifying are we any better now?

im happy for the governing body to overhaul a system that wasnt working. we might not agree with parts of it, but you only have to look at Germany and Japan as far as organisations that put forward big bold long term plans. both of their programs are working, heres hoping ours does too.
Come on now let’s be a little realistic, we won’t be winning the World Cup anytime soon because In Australia we don’t put football/soccer 1st, too many sports to compete with. But why are we not producing any more EPL stars since that generation? Maybe Mooy who’s not really setting the place on fire. Sad to see

I feel winning and loosing is important as kids learn to win and fail at same time, prepares them for the real world.
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