Quote Originally Posted by Eastwest View Post
disagree. the talent of the kids alone have achieved this. That is inspite of the backward thinking gve has bought.

I was with a mate watching pre academy when i popped over to watch Jets TSP 13s. The NNSW TSP boys u13s beat the full strength Jets 13s last night 2-0. It was earned as well. The Jets were technically better but the 1 trick pony gve tactics is terrible. The TSP we re allowed to use a variety of options and it worked. The jets coaching setup is a joke and it's not necessarily the individual coaches fault.
Sounds like you are describing one team playing long ball tactics to get the win, while the other team played possession football to help develop their skills and not worrying about the scoreline. That sounds like what most academies do at the junior level.