https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/62208661 I agree with this but in 15-20 years times it will have big impact on the competitiveness of English footballers globally if heading has not been reduced in the senior game due to the skills gap.
Every time the FA has tried to limit what kids are exposed to for the sake of welfare it has ended up hurting their development. Maybe it'll be worth it, maybe not. The most important thing is the facts are established and the education is out there.
I don’t think the FA could have made another decision. Not trialing it would have been seen as outrageous. However professional clubs openly broke the training guidelines last season and I suspect that issue will become more and more noticeable.
The FA always want to be seen as the do gooders so it’s not a surprise they want to try and lead the way. I’m not surprised that when seniors trailed it, it won’t work but for kids it might work but not really sure but maybe it will emphasise a much more possession based game and might bring out more creativity in players which would be a good thing at grassroots level. Corners will probably just be short corners all the time as there’s little point in getting it into the box for example.
The pressure has been building for years. It as been the rule in the USA for several years now. I’m not sure they really need a trial for something that is not a new idea. If they decided to publicly rejected implementing it would not have been a good look at all. The Athletic had an article last year that said banning heading outside of the box during matches would reduce 76% of heading without having a drastic effect on the game compared to a total ban. But it would also mean certain positions were more protected while others remain at a similar risk.
Interesting one. Moving back down south. Still got Jebbison, Arblaster, Peck & Potter etc Thank you to @sufcdevelopment for past 19 months I enjoyed every bit and what a fantastic academy they are! On the other hand, delighted and blessed to announce I have signed my first professional contract @SpursOfficial time to work hard and kick on. #COYS pic.twitter.com/GHJp7MKzi0— Lankshear (@WillLankshear) August 31, 2022
Think he’s a Spurs fan so might of been to good a deal to turn down. Donley and Williams are pretty much the only Strikers at Spurs, looking forward to seeing him in the UEFA Youth league.
Contrasting fortunes for City and Chelsea in the youth league today. City beat Sevilla 5-1 whilst Chelsea lost 4-2 to Dinamo Zagreb. Chelsea may have been hard done by as they had 65% possession and conceded 4 goals from 6 shots. City also bossed possession. I've seen people saying that Chelsea are at a weak spot with their academy at the moment, anyone know if that's correct?
Liverpool beat Napoli in the Youth League 2-1 today. Spurs beat Marseille 3-0 with Donley scoring a pen and Jaden Williams who I think is uncapped for England getting the other 2.
Well Chelsea academy struggled last year and only just avoided relegation and have spent the summer buying players in for the academy.
Does anyone know what's happened to Emilio Lawrence? Was widely reported that he'd left Everton for Man City but he's not to be seen anywhere on their website & now he's not been listed under either Man City or Everton by the Premier League.
Official, confirmed. Manchester City sign Scottish talent Emilio Lawrence as he joins from Everton where he was also part of U23 team. 🔵🤝🏻 #MCFCAnother gem for City Academy after long negotiations - many clubs were keen on signing Lawrence but 2004 born talent wanted MCFC. pic.twitter.com/JBX63Bg5At— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) November 4, 2022 What’s his eligibility for Scotland. With him being born in England he could be one to temp over.
He was part of the England camps early on as well so they must be aware of him. Just such a tough situation to wait for your 17th to play official matches again. Worse the further your birthday is into the season.
He has been 17 since September 20th so I’m not sure it was his age that caused his transfer to be long winded.
Premier League 2 could become a one-tier competition with no promotion or relegation under proposals being considered by clubs, reports @youthhawk https://t.co/LP03Ucqlkt— Training Ground Guru (@ground_guru) May 16, 2023
Seems to be re-arranging the deck chairs more than anything. Whenever I see Premier League 2 i'm always struck by the poor quality of it, not a place you want to be spending too much time as a developing player. Not sure there's much to be done though. It's always going to be well below the standard of senior football. I do find it peculiar certain clubs seem to hold players careers back for it though. A weird vanity project but surely no club really values PL2 success? Notably Leeds have had a habit since promotion of signing a lot of youth internationals then just hoarding them in their Premier League 2 side with minimal first team opportunities, all while signing people of similar ages directly into the first team. 9 of their starting 11 in their play off win the other day was signed to the academy post promotion in 2020.
This is not a political post but one thing the UEFA Youth League seems to be showing is that Brexit regulations have made PL academies weaker. It was always gonna happen but other clubs have their XI's packed out with youth internationals, a handful of which are are foreign, while the PL sides all seem to carry a bit of deadweight given they're largely restricted to domestic players.
I think also there is more spread among the PL compared to some countries in Europe where the CL clubs totally domainTe the national youth set up’s.
Aren't Chelsea the only English side to have success in the UEFA Youth league anyway? Four time finalists. It's been going 10 years now and the only other English club to have even made the semi-finals was Man City, once, back in 17-18.
To a degree, but Portugal is the only major nation where its talent is highly concentrated between just a few teams. Even the Netherlands has a pretty good spread
In England the best players in the Youth League era have been largely concentrated between Chelsea and City. In the past 10 years they've won 7 out of 10 u18 Premier League titles between them. Newcastle haven't been in the mix as a real top academy in that time so you'd expect them to struggle in the Youth League this season. Even United and Liverpool have remained poor relatives to those two academies in this period. I do think that Brexit has hurt our fortunes in the competition though. I've had this debate on here recently and the most successful teams in the competition generally make use of signing top foreign talent. Personally I think Brexit has likely hurt the development leagues by reducing the overall level. I think it's better for our best players to be developing in a more challenging environment rather than a weaker one only with more English players. I don't see how this point is provable one way or the other but our best year groups in a long time developed in pre-Brexit conditions.