Of course there's lots of poaching end of season, few seem to target an entire team though 😂Originally Posted by sapdad
As for the Charlestown issue.
My son played there last year...I understand their problems (there are a few they could work on, just like any other club TBF) what I will note as the most significant was the inability/unwillingness to articulate a plan of how they were going to secure a place back in tier 1 football.
What they could offer to "subsidise" the reduced development opportunity (while they were charging the same as when they had tier 1 football to offer...something like having some of their big name first graders do sessions, etc)
This would have gone a long way to have more kids stay. Something Lakes did very well.
Other thought: They seemed to be stuck in a mindset that the best kids should "want" to play for them...that they should be seen as a 'destination club' based only on their history they had had. They need to grow beyond that, and I hope they do, and I hope they have some success.
