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Just on Sabit Ngor. His contract was up after the Grand Final. I'm not sure that CCM would have stood in his way if he wanted to play in the Australia Cup final and he asked for an extension. But look at it from his point of view. He has won the Vic NPL Grand Final and will be going to an ALM side.

If it was up to him would he want to play in the Australia Cup or play pre-season with an ALM side and make a case to be in the match day squad week in week out. i.e. would he choose to start behind the eight ball in his ALM club.
 
patjennings said:
Just on Sabit Ngor. His contract was up after the Grand Final. I'm not sure that CCM would have stood in his way if he wanted to play in the Australia Cup final and he asked for an extension. But look at it from his point of view. He has won the Vic NPL Grand Final and will be going to an ALM side.

If it was up to him would he want to play in the Australia Cup or play pre-season with an ALM side and make a case to be in the match day squad week in week out. i.e. would he choose to start behind the eight ball in his ALM club.
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yeah fair enough, still would've driven heidelberg fans mad
 
Just heard the Pod with Andrew Howe and Jason joining Graham and Alex.

Was fascinated by some of Andrew’s data.

Also, was disappointed in Alex saying Italy only put out a third string u20 at the World Cup. He just made the point that Aus is still behind the UEFA and South A powerhouses at underage level. Until I found this out I thought Aus was closing the gap at underage level.

Another good podcast. Well done all!
 
Decentric said:
Just heard the Pod with Andrew Howe and Jason joining Graham and Alex.

Was fascinated by some of Andrew’s data.

Also, was disappointed in Alex saying Italy only put out a third string u20 at the World Cup. He just made the point that Aus is still behind the UEFA and South A powerhouses at underage level. Until I found this out I thought Aus was closing the gap at underage level.

Another good podcast. Well done all!
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Yeah I guess thats why youth tournaments mean so little for powerhouses, they have so many players missing

interestingly, I've found when you remove top nations and nigeria from the sample, both u17 and u20 results actually do matter a bit for a national teams success (aka for teams ranked 20-100) and every stage of the tournament you reach predicts one extra transfer to europe in the following 12 months. So if we made the r16 that would mean 1 extra transfer, quarters means 1 more etc
 
Poll on the topic we brought up on our pod

If you had the final say, how would improve you improve our youth development. You can only choose 1:


1)full time youth set up at a league academies including strength and conditioning coaches


2) a league expands to 16+ teams with a 30+ game season


3) home and away nst


4) home and away nyl (on top of b teams in the npl)


5) academies that go lower than u13s perhaps to u6
 
grazorblade said:
Poll on the topic we brought up on our pod

If you had the final say, how would improve you improve our youth development. You can only choose 1:


1)full time youth set up at a league academies including strength and conditioning coaches


2) a league expands to 16+ teams with a 30+ game season


3) home and away nst


4) home and away nyl (on top of b teams in the npl)


5) academies that go lower than u13s perhaps to u6
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I'd go with a home and away NST. Option 2 isn't really sustainable and will likely lead to high player injury rate, and under 6 is too young an age to be having youth academies at in my opinion.
 
grazorblade said:
Poll on the topic we brought up on our pod

If you had the final say, how would improve you improve our youth development. You can only choose 1:


1)full time youth set up at a league academies including strength and conditioning coaches


2) a league expands to 16+ teams with a 30+ game season


3) home and away nst


4) home and away nyl (on top of b teams in the npl)


5) academies that go lower than u13s perhaps to u6
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I'll suggest something else if that's ok. For mine, the best raw talents come from non-stop ball work at home from a young age. All the tactical and physical stuff can come later. But practising against a wall and dribbling around your backyard or local park is the best thing you can do, and it's free, fun, and in your own time. Maybe one or two coaching sessions on the basics of touch and execution, but the rest of the time you need to learn how to curl the ball around your dad's car and under the lemon tree. Non-stop experimenting and seeing what works and what doesn't without other eyes on you. I think this is a strong foundation to build on, but only speaking from personal experience in other sports. I wouldn't think there's too much of all that at the clinics and academies, I'm guessing there's a tonne of tactics, but I don't know.
 
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