The secondary schools need to be isolated. They do nothing for football. Senior level will be stronger when clubs have a clear path through the age grades. Leaking players to schools helps no one, and only increases the myth that some schools are better than others.
Without organized and strong junior football we will never establish Senior Football to where (I guess) a lot of us think it could/should be in Chch. I fail to see how losing top players for 2 seasons because of school regs is permissible/desired.
that is not to say the problems with our youth level football is entirely the problem of the school set up.
Without organized and strong junior football we will never establish Senior Football to where (I guess) a lot of us think it could/should be in Chch. I fail to see how losing top players for 2 seasons because of school regs is permissible/desired.
that is not to say the problems with our youth level football is entirely the problem of the school set up.
The problem is our system in chch is retarded compared to Wellington and Auckland.
Up there kids play for their school AND their club - best of both worlds, the kid gets the pride of repping their school and the development at club level. Look at the national school boys comps - the regions where this is common practice and is allowed are the ones that are strongest. Funnily enough these are also the regions better represented at U/17, U/20 and olympic trial/squad level.
Because one club *cough* Se____ *cough* threw the toys out of the cot this practice was canned in canty.
As I said a few pages back in this thread - take MPL/PDL/Div 1 and drop them on a sunday and let the kids do both again. The prem leagues get better support, the kids get to do both and the Us vs Them mentality between schools and clubs is gone
gings2011-09-07 17:48:45