Originally Posted by
Zico
At a bare minimum alloyed 5 plus Keeper over age in 20's then but I can see both sides of the argument and the pro's and con's of both.
We have produced more players into the NSL and Socceroos when we had the old system, how many have we produced since the Fed got rid of reserve grade and added the numerous age groups over reserve grade?
A balance is required and I agree that we need to produce quality youth, this can be achieved through correct coaching and lowering the cost of advanced coaching coarse to get as many coaches educated rather than tampering with age groups and comp structures.
Start with the most basic level (coaching to produce these youth players) and then change things from there if it's not working still.
I hate this thought proccess that players who are experienced and can be of huge benefit to the younger players should be scrap heaped.