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I think neither got it right.
2 crap teams that due to the others incompetence each managed to create 4 good chances. They scored 2 of theirs and we missed all 4 of ours.
We played a bit more football on isolated occasions whilst they picked up almost every loose ball in midfield (of which there were many).
Both managers should be very concerned about their teams.
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You’re right about that MK Iron. “Loose balls in midfield”. This is down Daws, to our being too lightweight in midfield. If he doesn’t get it now he never will. Five at the back and losing most games and short in midfield. Feel sorry for Beeston and Butterfield, who should be pushing further forward, but can’t due to Daw’s tactics. This is his third go at managing the 1st team znd HD just can’t do it. Also what young players has he brought through the youth team during the last ten years or so who have been good enough to make it. In my opinion he has become too comfortable in his position and if we get new owners it will be time for a full clear-out.
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Also what young players has he brought through the youth team during the last ten years or so who have been good enough to make it
I text in to the radio to suggest that his record has been really poor. I didn’t hear Matt Dean’s response, but apparently he said I was being harsh! I stand by what I said. You could count them on one hand.
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Topics: 80Academies don’t work.
Too many poor players just making the numbers up so as clubs can put a team out for the one or two ‘half decent’ players that they might have.
Applies from the top of the pyramid down to the bottom of L2.
Look to see how many first team players came through that clubs own Academy. Very, very few.
The big boys bring their ‘junior galacticos’ from overseas in as Apprentices – releasing their local boys who might have been there since age 6 or 7.
These released players then drop down to a smaller Championship club.
The Championship clubs then clear their decks and their released players turn up at L1 & L2 clubs.
Get released from a L2 Academy… where do you go?
End of the line!
They’ve created an ‘industry’ – jobs for the boys – old school network.
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Topics: 80I think Matt Dean probably meant that you need to look at the wider social and personal benefits of academies, rather than just the miniscule chance of a player signing a professional contract. For example, teaching youngsters to keep fit and active, as well as learning basic transferable skills like following instructions, learning how to deal with setbacks, empathising with others and so on, ‘soft’ skills but important ones, which will stay with them a lifetime.
Many of the kids passing through academies aren’t the most successful at school and often come from disadvantaged families where these skills aren’t sufficiently developed. But, learning them through football gives them a chance to grow in ways they may not have done otherwise.
Clubs have a broader social and sporting responsibility to their communities than just providing a match every other Saturday. This was part of sport’s original mission, before it became a business. Academies are one way in which they still fulfil these, and as such they’re a valuable community asset.
https://www.wemakefootballers.com/news/the-social-benefits-of-football-for-children
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Topics: 80It didn’t cost £200m to find Foden or Rashford. The lads were out there all along. It needed someone to pick them out and a team of coaches to develop the raw talent.
The Manchester/Merseyside conurbation is a big one though, much bigger than Scunny’s sphere of influence so perhaps it’s not surprising really.
Bigger clubs attract better coaches (possibly because they can pay higher wages). Scunthorpe has perennially opted for ex-players. I suspect most lower league clubs do likewise.
Hence stagnation. No fresh approach or ideas. And that’s what we’re experiencing now, and have been for years.
We have been plodding along making no progress at all. And that’s the case from the academies through to the first team, via the coaching staff.
We’ll get nowhere without a complete clear-out, starting with the owner. But we all know how likely that is!
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