Originally Posted by
curious_fan
NewFm clubs will always lose their most talented youth. The entire system is designed to do just that (and I am not disagreeing it should). Our top 16/17 your olds in every available ages should be in the Emerging Jets or higher. Then the next 150 should be in the NPL Youth system.
What remains to be seen because it is too soon yet, is how does a club, like Cessnock for example, connect with those players it lost at 12 or 14 to NPL Youth and get them back into the club if they don't become First Grade NPL players? Is it money? (God I hope not) Is it closer links between NPL and NewFm CLubs? Is it by friendships between NPL and NewFm Coaches? IS it by having a great social atmosphere at the club? Is it because he has a few mates playing there?
Reality is it will be a different answerr for every player in that position. Perhaps NewFm is not as strong as some would like because too little was being done ten years ago and not because of perceptions about what is being done now.
Finally some good positive feedback, these are the things we need on this forum, NewFM comp can only get better with more development and support of all concerned including Northern. It takes time, NBN has taken time and it needs to flow onto NewFM, as reported in the Herald today there are 5 teams trying to get up into this comp and that is a positive. Once it becomes a 10 team comp and they have all the guidelines in place it will then be ZPL turn to step up and come in line with NewFM so we can have promotion and relegation making the top comps the strongest possible.
