Quote Originally Posted by WOW2.0 View Post
Yet, we have had professionals come out of the system...your statement is wrong

As posted on the Jets Youth section, the average age of the Socceroos (at the Qatar WC) having entered a professional academy was 15.2 years of age...don't be bitter, who are any of us to stand in any one's dream...let's just ensure we have a system that maximises the opportunity for those dreams to ever be realised.

No more loser mentality
This. My son plays in a Div 1 PYL team and absolutely loves it. He enjoys the higher level training and intensity of the games, but he is acutely aware that he is nowhere near the level to play professionally one day. His goals are far more modest and achievable. If he goes onto greater things, well good for him. He's happy and has a focus, rather than vaping with his mates and getting into trouble.

There was a kid from the NCF U16s who started for the Joey's on the recent tour to the Pacific Islands. Who knows if he will go on to play professionally one day, but what he has done so far is a bloody good start.