Squirrelhumper Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 7 minutes ago, adamntg said: St John's in Dundee, Braidhurst in Motherwell, Holyrood in Glasgow, Graeme High in Falkirk - I think there are eight or nine altogether. They may not work - I know one of the problems they've encountered at Braidhurst is the boys thinking they've made it already - but there's no point in stopping now when it's due to come to fruition in 2020. Grange Academy in Killie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlueGaz Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 2 hours ago, adamntg said: St John's in Dundee, Braidhurst in Motherwell, Holyrood in Glasgow, Graeme High in Falkirk - I think there are eight or nine altogether. They may not work - I know one of the problems they've encountered at Braidhurst is the boys thinking they've made it already - but there's no point in stopping now when it's due to come to fruition in 2020. Nah, def not. But you have to hope that if we do class them as centres of excellence, the kids and their potential are nurtured properly which would have to include a lot of education as well. i wander if we have the expertise here to make it a success. we seem to be so far behind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cove_Sheep Posted October 20, 2016 Share Posted October 20, 2016 2 hours ago, adamntg said: St John's in Dundee, Braidhurst in Motherwell, Holyrood in Glasgow, Graeme High in Falkirk - I think there are eight or nine altogether. They may not work - I know one of the problems they've encountered at Braidhurst is the boys thinking they've made it already - but there's no point in stopping now when it's due to come to fruition in 2020. Hazelhead in Aberdeen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 On 10/10/2016 at 5:07 PM, adamntg said: Certainly in East Ren the facilities have dramatically improved. There are still grass pitches but so many games are now played on astro and the ball is on the deck far more than it ever was when I was young. edit : we still don't have nearly enough synthetic pitches, but every high school has one now and so do most sports centres. Our boys barely know what it's like to play on bumpy grass pitches dodging dog shit. Problem with the astro pitches is that they arent open at weekends/holidays for kids to use, certainly not in Barrhead anyway. The kids get in obviously as they will climb etc and I know of an older guy with a key for one of them, but they should be open all the time. Even if it takes one of the daft community wardens (who do f*ck all anyway) to come and open them at 9 or 10am, go round and check them every couple of hours and then lock them at the end of the day, it would at least allow kids to play football on a decent facility when they are off school. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamntg Posted October 23, 2016 Share Posted October 23, 2016 3 hours ago, Kirk said: Problem with the astro pitches is that they arent open at weekends/holidays for kids to use, certainly not in Barrhead anyway. The kids get in obviously as they will climb etc and I know of an older guy with a key for one of them, but they should be open all the time. Even if it takes one of the daft community wardens (who do f*ck all anyway) to come and open them at 9 or 10am, go round and check them every couple of hours and then lock them at the end of the day, it would at least allow kids to play football on a decent facility when they are off school. Couldn't agree more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairbairn Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 Young Dembele apparently down training at St George's Park as England make a bid to get him to commit to them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShedTA Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 On 19/10/2016 at 7:08 PM, adamntg said: The performance schools have been running for three or four years now. They may or may not come good, but you need to give them the chance. If Spain or Germany chopped and changed their long term plans every couple of years maybe they'd be struggling like we are? Agree Adam, but 3 or 4 years ago? so it took them until 2012/13 to address the situation which we could all see was dire and getting worse a long time before that. Jesus wept. I really hope the performance schools do come good but regardless of that we need massive change in those running the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squirrelhumper Posted October 25, 2016 Share Posted October 25, 2016 19 minutes ago, Fairbairn said: Young Dembele apparently down training at St George's Park as England make a bid to get him to commit to them! Born down there, no issues if he wants to play for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Russell's Lovechild Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 See he's been called up by England again for a tournament in France. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mox Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 31 minutes ago, Bobby Russell's Lovechild said: See he's been called up by England again for a tournament in France. Who cares? Let him choose who he wants. It's like that Simpsons episode with the pitchforks out heading to the sex cauldron. If he chooses England they won't win the world cup, if he doesn't choose England they still won't win the world cup and neither will we, just lots of old white men getting angry about a 15 year old boy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ErsatzThistle Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Why are people talking about his kid as though he's already made it and is a big deal? Same goes for that thread on TA Specific on Jensen Weir. For the moment I'm not losing any sleep over this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParisInAKilt Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 (edited) Sex Cauldron? I thought they shut that place down? Edited October 27, 2018 by ParisInAKilt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toepoke Posted October 27, 2018 Share Posted October 27, 2018 Supposedly he wants to play for Ivory Coast anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RenfrewBlue Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 On 10/27/2018 at 9:16 AM, Toepoke said: Supposedly he wants to play for Ivory Coast anyway. More chance of winning a trophy with them. 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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