Quote Originally Posted by JustMe View Post
Fair call and works both ways.

I once asked some very good 16s NC players what they intend to do with their skills of academy football, travel and dedication.

Answer - just play for our local towns or clubs. Pretty disappointing for mine but i suppose those who could go higher would have been selected by those in the know.
Yes it does work both way...northern should relieve us all of it

At the end of the day, some kids we all find really talented will have their desire dry up...as I pointed to before, in the Bundesliga, most players that make it never had any specialised coaching until they were 16-17.

Makes you wonder about the poison that is over coaching, really.

There is always the possibility that those "in the know", aren't that much in the know after all too (which can tie into the dried up passion...if some of them genuinely even had it in the first place)