Eaglesham saint Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 I was talking to a well know Scottish coach I quote him "Too many players want the footballers life style,when I was playing we had to work hard for everything we got, today's players aren't prepared to put in the hard work" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie-dee Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 6 hours ago, gc_SMFC said: So the youth academy is definietly doing things the wrong way. How many clubs have youth academy's in our area? Are we doing anything different to them? Are we bringing in players from further afield then them? The area we operate in, means our chances of uncovering one decent player that can be sold are incredibly slim. If we want a decent youth academy we need to be bringing in players from everywhere, and we need lots of them. That takes lots of investment; in terms of coaching and a scouting network, something our club maintains is part of the managers job, which is equally as foolish. Keep scouting and transfer knowledge within the club, not a position that is likely to change every two years. A club our size should be exploiting near finished products that we can sign for free then sell on, instead of trying to develop our own players. Until we change our youth setup or at least push it down our recruitment policy we will struggle to have real success on the field. Look at the Pozzo's tenure at Udinese, Watford and Grenada (before they were sold). An entire setup that focused on youth. Not developing the players, but signing the promising players before anyone else. Alexis Sanchez was signed by Udinese as a 14 year old, before the major clubs could even get a look in. Why because they have a global scouting network, and have built their clubs around retaining experience and knowledge. Recognising that a first team manager is one of the worst people to rely on when it comes to transfers and youth development. I'm not saying we have the resources that they do, but we can certainly attempt to sign players from further afield than Scotland, to increase our chances of success. As a scouting network of any efficieny will support the first team and youth prospects. Much better than the half arsed approach the club takes to most things! Ok so we scout the talented players from afar then what do you suggest we do with them as we will have no youth teams in which to play them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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