History for Global Game

A selection of comments in response to the manifesto on the Linked In platform...

Different class Rob!! Spot on. All the best with your next mission, was a pleasure to meet you! Hope to cross paths again one day soon.

Thank you for sparking such a critical and healthy discussion.

Technicians, what are your thoughts? Are there areas you disagree with? Are there areas you think are critically important? Share your thoughts - and for those discussing those thoughts, withhold judgement until you really understand what the person is trying to say - don't fall into the social media trap of jumping straight to judgement.

Thankyou so much for sharing publicly Rob! I appreciate insight into Finances and Governance which makes fantastic sense I do have to disagree with priorities and would personally flip his list to put ‘Junior Development’ and Participation at the top of the list with Competitions and A-League at the bottom. For me the current crisis shows just how much Pro Sport is a luxury not an essential? Also statement that pro players come from high-quality juniors misses the other more important truth that it comes from more participants as said can’t predict the future of a young player which again doesn’t make sense to bring in ‘Pre-Adacemy Programs’? Surely there’s enough knowledge now it’s less coaching at a younger age that encourages intrinsic motivation and creativity (street football). And the aim should be As Many as Possible for As Long as Possible (Mark O’Sullivan and Norway leading the way with this) I like ideas of Fun Football and joining schools with club but it should be Fun for all, why do we have to separate Participation and Performance for kids? When will we be open to the idea that if players are having fun, they will actually be better performers ? So many more thoughts, again much respect to you Rob!

Very insightful article Rob!

Makes lots of much sense, well put together and please stay involved in the game, we need people like you.

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