Post history

History for FSobservation

Southern Football (incl Southern United) (Part 2)

Back to topic

Current version

Posted May 14, 2019 22:36 · last edited March 18, 2021 07:43

ZG wrote:

You genuinely think FS don't have the bigger picture in mind for all of football, why not test it out with kids and see how it holds up before just opening it all up and free-for-all, it actually makes sense to test it out first. I'm pretty certain as with any turf there are criteria for use to bed it in to get the most lifespan out of it... surely you could have worked that out.

The offices are just across the drive, pretty sure you could rock up there and they could answer your questions/tirade face to face. Might get a more constructive and honest answer.

Southern United is the pinnacle of football down south for a league that is worsening by the year, how would you not want to push your flagship team who is absolutely immersed in the community?

I think the issue is more that there are teams in the area that have not been training on trainable pitches, and the opening was delayed over a month - but not for FS. I'm not saying it becomes a free for all, nor will it ever be. It should have a timetable that can be adhered to. 

I'm sure I could go to FS and ask questions, but the whole point of this forum was just having a conversation - I was simply enquiring about what was taking so long, and why this was so. 

In terms of your last point - I have a few issues with that. Are you suggesting that senior football is unimportant because of your claimed lack of quality? Because if that is the attitude held by FS, then quite frankly the standard won't ever improve, and as a result SU will still have a tiny pool of players to pick from. The whole point of these turfs is that all levels of football get the chance to train and improve - the concern a few weeks ago was that clubs (especially OUAFC, judging by facebook posts), were being unfairly marginalised in terms of access. I happen to disagree with your point about the lack of quality, I think there are lots of talented players down here - it's just a problem that a few of them are first year students and get engrossed in the drinking culture instead of getting out and joining a club. I'll give you one example - there is a CU Youth player down here that doesn't play football at all. 

Raise the standard of training facilities (which has now been done) = raising the standard of training/games/senior football in general = more competitive senior football sides = better results against Mainland teams in SI League = more players coming to the region become far more interested in playing football rather than writing it off immediately. 

Previous versions

1 version
Unknown editor edited March 18, 2021 07:43
ZG wrote:

You genuinely think FS don't have the bigger picture in mind for all of football, why not test it out with kids and see how it holds up before just opening it all up and free-for-all, it actually makes sense to test it out first. I'm pretty certain as with any turf there are criteria for use to bed it in to get the most lifespan out of it... surely you could have worked that out.

The offices are just across the drive, pretty sure you could rock up there and they could answer your questions/tirade face to face. Might get a more constructive and honest answer.

Southern United is the pinnacle of football down south for a league that is worsening by the year, how would you not want to push your flagship team who is absolutely immersed in the community?

I think the issue is more that there are teams in the area that have not been training on trainable pitches, and the opening was delayed over a month - but not for FS. I'm not saying it becomes a free for all, nor will it ever be. It should have a timetable that can be adhered to. 

I'm sure I could go to FS and ask questions, but the whole point of this forum was just having a conversation - I was simply enquiring about what was taking so long, and why this was so. 

In terms of your last point - I have a few issues with that. Are you suggesting that senior football is unimportant because of your claimed lack of quality? Because if that is the attitude held by FS, then quite frankly the standard won't ever improve, and as a result SU will still have a tiny pool of players to pick from. The whole point of these turfs is that all levels of football get the chance to train and improve - the concern a few weeks ago was that clubs (especially OUAFC, judging by facebook posts), were being unfairly marginalised in terms of access. I happen to disagree with your point about the lack of quality, I think there are lots of talented players down here - it's just a problem that a few of them are first year students and get engrossed in the drinking culture instead of getting out and joining a club. I'll give you one example - there is a CU Youth player down here that doesn't play football at all. 

Raise the standard of training facilities (which has now been done) = raising the standard of training/games/senior football in general = more competitive senior football sides = better results against Mainland teams in SI League = more players coming to the region become far more interested in playing football rather than writing it off immediately.