Originally Posted by
sbgawa
I think the fact that we have clubs who do not have a youth set up at all but merely nominate a local junior club to do it for them kind of shows the underage set up to be a mix of standards across the division that is not properly implemented at all.
I hope they dont but Rovers if they start to lose their best Academy prospects because of this (to other clubs offering first division football or less strong Premier clubs where they might have more chance of more first team games) might question the worth of doing things properly as they are at the moment, just nominate Cherry orchard to be the youth wing and concentrate on the First team.
Very regressive move by the FAI , they allowed all clubs to apply for entry and the fact that Rovers were the only one that did has led to them accepting the lowest common denominator.
Anyway it is what it is now, maybe in these covid strapped times missing out this year and perhaps the FAI copping on by next year might not be a such bad thing timing wise.