Fleetwood Town "academy". Whats the craic? 

4 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

Fair dos, but I'm always sceptical

Same.

42 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

Fair dos, but I'm always skeptical of 'academies' and I've got a few good friends who work for them

Yes I know what you mean luckily I’ve known the coach yonks he’s sound

wont bore you but the lad has a liver condition and as a result his thought process & retaining information is shocking so like last lockdown everything goes out of window so it’s like starting over again with his positioning etc, hence why I was gutted training had stopped

Got some good online football workshops for him but its the practical side he needs the most 

Send the kids to a babysitter

Im more gutted than my lad now tbh.

He is glad for the rest, he has played so much football since he was was 5 anyway.

 

 

my lads been offered a trial at preston today, so it seems academy footy continues.

elite is fine, but girls development centres are off... 

On 05/11/2020 at 21:41, Dr Faustus said:

elite is fine, but girls development centres are off... 

Only u15 upwards now.

 

My lads are doubly gutted, one just back from 8 weeks injury , one training session then off for another 4 and the youngest is at Ladybridge which closed , re opened for a week the shut down again. Quite lucky in that that can kick about in the garden and on the field together though so small mercies. 
Typical , The weather was perfect over the weekend too, think we all know 1st weekend back will be rained off ...

Ladybridge mon had covid didn't he?

34 minutes ago, Horwich said:

Ladybridge mon had covid didn't he?

Actually not sure, was told there were a few cases and it was closing for a deep clean on the message I got, no one named. 
 

that was going around as chat but I don’t know for definite to be honest 

 

Edited November 9, 20205 yr by fatolive
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The lad had two games this weekend: one with one parent allowed per player, each of us masked up, distanced and temperature taken. The other, parent free... Which led to numerous adults all stood in woodland trying to sneak a view over a wall- no organisation whatsoever. 

The whole thing seems half arsed

Are games back this weekend? 

 

30 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

Are games back this weekend? 

 

From next weds innit?

 

Games start next weekend, training from Wednesday 

Cheers gents, pitches should be decent then! 

Things I've heard this weekend... @Rudymay be able to validate this...

 

City u14s- all wear GPS vests to track activity.

Viv Andersons lad was due to get a boot deal off Puma worth 4k,but was outscored by another lad who got it instead. 

Tournament in Belgium, each kid was given a credit card so spending could be monitored. 

 

One lad from Africa arrived with no papers, been offloaded to a grass roots side until they can sort documentation. 

Keeper supposed to be a good un, called up to England 06 team. 

Young McAtee better than Foden

 

These kids have the option of private education, it's a million miles away from other academies... 4k to spend on Puma gear ffs

17 minutes ago, Dr Faustus said:

Things I've heard this weekend... @Rudymay be able to validate this...

 

City u14s- all wear GPS vests to track activity.

Viv Andersons lad was due to get a boot deal off Puma worth 4k,but was outscored by another lad who got it instead. 

Tournament in Belgium, each kid was given a credit card so spending could be monitored. 

 

One lad from Africa arrived with no papers, been offloaded to a grass roots side until they can sort documentation. 

Keeper supposed to be a good un, called up to England 06 team. 

Young McAtee better than Foden

 

These kids have the option of private education, it's a million miles away from other academies... 4k to spend on Puma gear ffs

Specially I don’t know academies aren’t my field, however I do know sports companies have a way of not giving youth money but giving them loads of gear for free, but it’s bags and bags of it. 
 

City’s academy is absolutely frightening, over the next ten years the quality they are going to be churning out will be unbelievable, there’s a kid in the 13’s I won’t say his name but he won MOM or tournament and he was allowed a training session with the first team and they were blown away by him. 

kids these days are being promised university places free of charge. You can’t offer the parents anything but there are ways to offer kids things

UEFA are trying to crack down on it but IMO there isn’t much they can do 

Charlie Anderson IMO got given bad advice and took it which is surprising considering who is dad is . 

One of the U16 lads at City is a Bolton lad....best kid player I have ever seen, his dad played for City...has a gym in Little lever.

Not sure how the U16 striker is doing for CIty, they paid £100k for him from Bolton in last 12-18 months.

Edited November 30, 20205 yr by Pablo

Horwich SM nominated as LFA club of the year. Its not even the best club in Horwich 🤣🤣

1 minute ago, Horwich said:

Horwich SM nominated as LFA club of the year. Its not even the best club in Horwich 🤣🤣

Nice pitches though

2 decent pitches for 25 teams

1 hour ago, Horwich said:

2 decent pitches for 25 teams

do Wanderers girls still play there too?

 

speaking of decent grass roots clubs, I passed Euxton Villa last week

 

wow

Long shot but any u12 looking for a home or away friendly this Sunday 

5 hours ago, radcliffewhite1 said:

Long shot but any u12 looking for a home or away friendly this Sunday 

let me check

7 hours ago, Horwich said:

Horwich SM nominated as LFA club of the year. Its not even the best club in Horwich 🤣🤣

 

First team is pretty good.