Quote Originally Posted by KITZ View Post
A bit irrelevant but why aren't they having trial games against teams they will actually be up against next year or Youth League 2 teams. I know why Newcastle teams don't want Sydney trial games, but the 13s are going to struggle big time if they don't work out how they need to be playing pretty early on - and its not the push and shove of NPL in Newcastle.

Sounds like it's going to be a tough season for those kids and they need to see the difference in football the most since they haven't been exposed to it yet like the older players have.
Are you serious?
These kids have just come together and are at the start of pre-season.
It was probably more a hit out than a full-blown trial game. Coaches probably only want to see how kids play in different combinations.
Stroger opponent trials will happen later in their preparation.
If the coaches were actually berating kids to win at this stage of preseason, they shouldn't be in the job.