Baffles me.

Everyone here has obvious heard a rumour or 5 about every club, (the ones you start don't count) and they class them as accurate or inaccurate depending upon your source.
Now, surely word gets around.
People involved with club X have obviously heard that they can be brutal with retention, dropping players, hedging their bets or whatever. Yet cry when they are on the receiving end. You knew what you were getting yourself into.

Kids 'allegedly' being blackmailed to stay at a club and not trial elsewhere. Why do you want to stay at such a club? Is that the environment you want your child to be playing in?

There will always be a merry go round between certain clubs. When i say "certain clubs", you all think of 3-4 clubs (May not be the same clubs), so why aren't you avoiding those clubs?
I just don't understand people.

Sure, maybe they have a good development, good coaches etc, but they also are success and results based and as a result, volatile. You weigh up the risks when you sign on at such clubs, and you're kidding yourself if you don't.


This program 12 months ago had people on here telling me it was a development program (which i believed), not an elite program. Based on the last few pages here, it is an elite program, and all this drama is part of 'elite clubs'.