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Original Message Date: 17-Oct-01 @ 06:58 PM - Footie korner
Message 211/300 17-Nov-05 @ 11:24 AM - RE: Footie korner
but having a GB team is still representing england and i think it would be a compromise to involve less skilled players just because they needed quotas from each country...
i think in terms of athletics they are as good (and better in certain arenas) and therefore do deserve to be part of a GB team, they have the programs in place to nurture talent-
although id still be happy having an English team and not winning the hurdles...apart from the whole culture ive mentioned do they really expect us to want to play with them when they would rather support any opposing side we play in any international football match? not just us living in the jingoistic 1600's
greg
Message 212/300 17-Nov-05 @ 11:50 AM - RE: Footie korner
england's youth development initiative's been an abject failure so far - club's are having to spend a fortune in order to keep their FA Academy status with no better results than they were getting before. we're producing more pro's through our tupenny hapenny centre of excellence taking on the youngsters the london clubs don't want than most premiership clubs are managing. there are a few exceptions though like southampton and tranmere.
Message 213/300 17-Nov-05 @ 01:02 PM - RE: Footie korner
its still producing more young talent then any other british country so think if they followed that 'initiative' they would probably have more young talent....i think the potential is exactly the same but without structures in place it wouldn't come into fruition- whether they see our academies as failures or not they cant deny that thats where our talent (international level) is usually found.
greg
Message 214/300 17-Nov-05 @ 02:51 PM - RE: Footie korner
gazza
hoddle
robson
waddle
lineker
shilton
beardsley
barnes
have we honestly got any better? i reckon the first two alone had more elegance and poise than the current lot put together.
the academy system's just financial apartheid anyway, there's any number of teams running the old centre of excellence format that would fare better in the academy league than bristol city, who lose every game without fail and finish bottom every year. and they lose 1 million a season on their academy alone
i blame howard wilkinson.
Message 215/300 17-Nov-05 @ 04:25 PM - RE: Footie korner
greg
Message 216/300 18-Nov-05 @ 11:30 AM - RE: Footie korner
Message 217/300 18-Nov-05 @ 11:38 AM - RE: Footie korner
its interesting to know this-
greg
Message 218/300 25-Nov-05 @ 05:50 PM - RE: Footie korner
aye, the media frenzy was going on for too long already.
Message 219/300 25-Nov-05 @ 06:43 PM - RE: Footie korner
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