MaineRoadMemories wrote:i saw some of the victory shield games. U16 internationals between home nations. My god!! All of them were awful. Not one kid can control and pass the ball. The tactics of all the teams is to punt it long and hope your striker can run faster than their defender. All long ball and designed to play on the weaknesses of these players, i.e. not one of them can head the ball.
Rather than training these kids to win football games we should be training them to learn how to play technically at this age. Winnning games can come later and should not be at the expense of learning how to control and pass the ball.
Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Cassell leaving is already having it's efect.
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:In the game I watched more the score ended 2.2 and overall was probably a fair result. They were on top for quite a while in the first half without looking overly dangerous but we got more and more into it.Twice we went ahead and then gave away soft equalisers. Goood to watch the youngsters for a change with the only bad note being our right fullback who was carried off with a suspected broken leg.
Douglas Higginbottom wrote:Niall Quinns Discopants wrote:Cassell leaving is already having it's efect.
As I said earlier this age group has been weak for some time , most of which was under Jim Cassell.
He was there today with Brian Kidd and Paul Power.
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