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Trails wouldn't be happening till next week at the earliest so allowing Jeta a couple weeks in September isn't that late. I said end of September maybe I am 1-2 weeks later than they would and should be doing it for.
I did hear something about Jets wanting to do a round robin tournament for U12JDL teams as part of their selection process so would've have to have waited for the JDL season to finish anyway.
If you think there will be meaningful trials for the bigger clubs you’ll be disappointed. Most clubs have already made offers to exisiting and new players from EOIs.
The Jets squads have been selected and parents have been contacted.
The few spots that are left will be a very tough battle in the top clubs and it will filter down to the smaller clubs as the players find their way.
Dates these days are irrelevant.
Several did last year. It's not for everyone. A lot of 12-13 year olds just want to play with their mates and have fun.
The last 2 years of season cancellations, inability to travel etc would have to have put some that were sitting on the fence off as well you would think.
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This is kind of true, most clubs have made offers to existing players. Some clubs have made offers to new players, some have promised new players they will make an offer once the season is over and some haven't
This is total bullshitThe Jets squads have been selected and parents have been contacted.
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Sorry to disappoint. I know a number who have accepted their offer for next.
I've seen several announcements on club NPL pages showing kids at their clubs selected by the Jets for 2022. I can only assume the jets have now notified kids of their selection and are now finalising squads?
Only seen 1 name in the 13's so far. It will be interesting to see the squad they have selected. Especially how much weight they have given to kids who played 13's NPL rather than JDL in 2021.
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Well yes it has been three weeks now and over this month they have filled spots for those that know are going plus contacted players they were also going to offer spots to anyway.
Retention letters were only sent out last week. So any players that don't accept their retention the Jets will then need to fill in further spots. So the squads aren't finalised.
I've seen a couple names for next year's 13s and they were players that had played 13s and also in the TSP program.
One of the benefits of the new system I suppose, more clubs getting will get recognition for developing players. Hopefully it shows that you don't have to go to a successful senior NPL club to make the grade and will ensure more even distribution of talent as time goes on.
I'm looking forward to next year to see how the 13's NPL pans out & how the 13's jets perform after being developed through the club SAP instead of the association SAP as one of the criticisms in the past has been that it doesn't develop the kids at the top enough due to dilution of the best players.
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