"They playing Burnley the team over from Australia. Big write up by Coggan in the newsletter this month about how great they are. I watched them get smashed 4-0 by the FTC team and they didn't look too hot"
Totally agree! I watched the game as well and that " Burnley team " were dire. Our lads played them off the park from back to front. Technically they were exceedingly average, and if this is Mainland's idea of " quality " opposition, they're a bigger joke than I thought. Maybe it was just Coggan and Walker's attempt to bolster the image of the FTC programme by slaughtering sub-standard opposition. On another point: it was a little bit disturbing to see some non-FTC players getting decent game time, and fee paying players being subbed off regularly. What's the point in paying $900 then? If my kid was in the FTC programme, I'd expect them to play virtually the whole match, and any ring-ins to be mostly on the bench(injuries permitting). Still, leave it in the hands of " the professionals " eh?...