Quote Originally Posted by KITZ View Post
Yep. then you watch them play and have no idea why they are in there because they certainly don't stand out.

You can't then explain why the kids who missed out and went through the camp or ask for feedback - Doesn't provide a positive experience for any player who is serious about their football; and reinforces that football isn't about hard work or turning up day in and day out, its about the politics and off-field crap about "who you know".

And then all the football organisations wonder why we aren't producing world class footballers anymore - Because hard work will always win over natural talent when you have it all handed to you like that.
I'm not going to go in to if any TSP players that are/were in the program should be in there or not. I've heard stuff about almost every playing in the 13s, 14s and 15s and which ones shouldn't be there but then I can see how technically gifted they are even if they have bad games. Could be due to size, due to the environment they are in at club level, and no doubt some who you know stuff going on.

My comment is more how Northern tells everyone what the process will be but then ignores that process. Bit of a joke really.