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Sovereign saints tournament
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StillHateBellotti
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Sunday of the Sov Saints Tournament is still on! I was there last night and was wet around the tents etc but just been informed it is still on!
StillHateBellotti
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Cheers I think from memory we are over at your place Saturday morning for a friendly!
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Return of the Rev
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Probably youth matches are the biggest factor in our poor youth development,don't be in a rush to get him into games although i loved to see my boys playing games from under seven you are lightly to get sucked into the we smashed the other team 6-0!
Great fun but nobody really wins tbo,best thing for my boys was Brazilian footie!
Not sure where the nearest session is but worth doing even alongside joining a team.
I hope both of you enjoy the youth football to come but find a set up that has a longer term outlook ie development and one that keeps the English disease in check(parents) So happy that my boys are still playing and enjoying thier footie at 15+18
Moshe Gariani
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Thanks for the tips. The CACL in Eastbourne is a good provider of skills/fun footy activity and has been a great introduction. I am well aware of the perils of competitive children's sport (and football seems to be the worst culprit?) but the playing of "proper" matches is so beguiling for boys/girls/parents - I would love to see him line-up on the left in an U6 team and start to learn about passing the ball and teamwork...Probably youth matches are the biggest factor in our poor youth development,don't be in a rush to get him into games although i loved to see my boys playing games from under seven you are lightly to get sucked into the we smashed the other team 6-0!
Great fun but nobody really wins tbo,best thing for my boys was Brazilian footie!
Not sure where the nearest session is but worth doing even alongside joining a team.
I hope both of you enjoy the youth football to come but find a set up that has a longer term outlook ie development and one that keeps the English disease in check(parents) So happy that my boys are still playing and enjoying thier footie at 15+18
Return of the Rev
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Thats the point when you are in a team it tends to be about results not development its worse when you get to 11 a side! They learn to get rid of the ball too quickly,hoof it up to the star kid up front! My 15 year old refs fun soccer for 6 year olds on a saturday morning but has 30/40 year old dads moaning at my sons decisions
These are the parents you will spend the next 10 years in the company of,bite your tongue and enjoy the good bits! Just love watching the boys play even now
Have to say that despite losing all 5 games and not scoring a goal I'm proud of my under 9 team today, considering they have only been training together for 2 months and today was their first competitive matches together (3 of the 8 haven't played a competitive match before). Well done sovereign saints for getting the tournament on today, looked like a swamp when we left!
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Return of the Rev
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dadams2k11
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Yea my team only scored 1 goal today... Oh yea, it was against your team hehehe... To be fair it was in the last 2 secs of the game and very lucky. You had the most chances.
supaseagull
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That's what it's about - well done!
For us today was about the experience, all the other games were 2-0 so we didn't get hammered by anyone. Oh and you can't have my number 7
Our other team lost on pens in the final against one of the sovereign saints teams.
Good to meet you mate
dadams2k11
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For us today was about the experience, all the other games were 2-0 so we didn't get hammered by anyone. Oh and you can't have my number 7
Our other team lost on pens in the final against one of the sovereign saints teams.
Good to meet you mate
Your number 7 was ya secret weopan. Unlucky about the final mate. Very nice to meet you too, ur a top bloke.
mr sheen
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Probably youth matches are the biggest factor in our poor youth development,don't be in a rush to get him into games although i loved to see my boys playing games from under seven you are lightly to get sucked into the we smashed the other team 6-0!
Great fun but nobody really wins tbo,best thing for my boys was Brazilian footie!
Not sure where the nearest session is but worth doing even alongside joining a team.
I hope both of you enjoy the youth football to come but find a set up that has a longer term outlook ie development and one that keeps the English disease in check(parents) So happy that my boys are still playing and enjoying thier footie at 15+18
Agreed, the number of teams who go all out for success from u8 onwards by choosing all big lads and hitting it long and preying on defensive slip ups is massive. Just playing percentages. And by the time they reach adulthood and the smaller kids are as big as them, they don't know any other way to play.!
Could nt agree more! Our under 9s team has played against a lot of teams who play this way?The coaches are win at all cost mentality,but why especially in non competitive situations(under 7,8+9s).Interestingly we had a scout at one of our games from the Albion,he told me that the main thing they look for are strength and pace,not ability,balance,intelligence or spirit, something that the worlds best footballers had in abundance ,and oh guess what none of them were big.Like to know what Mr Poyets views are on this situation.
StillHateBellotti
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That was a bit of a mud bath at the end! My team lost all 5 by a single goal and i have a sunburnt bald head!. Were you the guys in your Albion shirts!
supaseagull
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Yes mate- Carl, your opposite number (dodgy leeds fan), mentioned that you guys were visiting us!
I'll be training my lads at the same time so I'll pop up and say hi!