There's always going to be latent physical attributes that will help in all cases and the great technical players also have those physical attributes. If you prioritise physicality, then there's diminishing returns.

Dobson is a good example, he has good physicality and is technical, he usually uses his technicality to get out of trouble or get past a player, but uses his physicality to close down players or strength to protect the ball. Clayton Taylor was the opposite, he used his physicality to get past...

I've said it before, but England is to physical focused still, while it's an important part, it's not the be all. Physicality will take more out of players obviously, where a technical player can control the ball/tempo and not make it so demanding on a player. I think you see it with Spain, they...

He's at a good club to develop, who knows what will happen in the future, I don't think he's right for the NT right now. NT isn't club football, we should choose players best for the positions/roles at the time imho.

TBH I wasn't to impressed by him, he's still pretty raw,

I remember they had signed him during the last few games, started out rocky, but was a really good CB for us.

Agree, that's what I had against the whole thing at the start, the PFA (especially Foz) were advocating better wages for players they said, but in reality they were advocating for the few highest earners. They didn't raise the minimum wage which would effect all players and a salary floor is as...

Yeah true, I guess it's recognition of the clubs ability to develop players and brings in extra income. Then it's fun to follow them overseas and see how they do and watch the next hopeful brightspark whith the whole process starting again. It is what it is and unless there's a lot more money...

A strange phenomenon, but the best can demand higher compensation and certain leagues have more access to funds than others, concentrating those that are desired into those leagues. The A league doesn't have anywhere near access to funds like other leagues, let alone leagues in Asia. If you want...

Didn't Monty do something similar with CCM when they did the treble?

Denmark, but then you have Iceland as well iirc. Not sure of Clairfontaine, Germany or Spain.

I guess there would be the mandatory development fee, or they could introduce a mandated 10% or something, then it's up to the clubs if they want to take them on. I wouldn't think so, they'll go to a club they want to how it happened before, maybe they'll go to a NPL club, or even overseas? AFL...

TBH I wouldn't be the right person to ask, but I think I remember something about leaving it in each states FA hands and yes the club academies.

You would probably need to set one up in each state, i guess it all comes down to costs and earnest lobbying of the gov.

Yeah, but I think those times of putting the irons in the fire really developed him as a manager, he may not have liked it haha.