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.
I didn't see the whole game but from what I did watch:
  • The 13's age group is extremely deep in talented players
  • There are a heap of players in the 13's TSP group B that are good enough to play in FNSW NPL Youth 1 teams
  • The game was played to a high standard by both teams
  • I thought the jets were the better team for most of the game but didn't convert their chances


The jets 13's are currently 5th in Youth League 1 half way into the season.
Overall you could swap a bunch of boys between TSP and the jets 13's and maintain the same level of ability.
Unfortunately some quality kids missed selection and will every year due to how many excellent players there are in that age group.
Maybe NNSWF should consider entering teams in FNSW NPL Youth if the talent pool is as consistently deep in future years.