Trotsky wrote:And then watch him sign for someone else!

Stand-Offish wrote::lol:
Too true mate.
In the games where we play teams on much the same level, I feel happy there will be no pinching of talent.
When we play such as Hull and Fev (to come) ........ it's almost as though I do and I don't want any of our players to shine ....... cos they could just be nicked.
We are almost better off with old has-beens who can still play, but nobody wants to nick, rather than young talent that people do want to nick.
But that's the nature of the game at our level with our attendances, which simply stated means, if we get anybody good we will lose them, therefore we can NEVER go anywhere ..... simples.

sanjunien wrote:[/b]

it happens in every other sport as it has always happened in RL - the trick is to have a coach plus staff capable of getting 110% out of his squad at the time in order to progress then,when the better players are sold off find more promising kids to carry on the ritual - the salary cap creates this situation - the quality and knaus of the coaching staff & management is as important as the squad,maybe more so.Tony Miller seems the ideal man or the job IMO

Jemmo wrote:The problem is, the "selling off" bit. It is a rarity at this level, as it is at all levels of the sport. We have got a good young player, developed him into a star, then recieved a good transfer fee which we could spend on someone else that would be great and give a clear route for squad development. However we're playing at a semi professional level so when a richer/professional club comes along it is hard to do anything about it, and anything we do get is nominal at best. The same as for amateur clubs who develop the grass routes players for semi-pro teams like us to come and snaffle players with no return

I do think it is possible to go somewhere from this position, we have been in worse positions before and ended up in better positions. it just takes an awful long time and requires constant visible development and improvement