QuoteNot John.. but I know who John is..Originally Posted by Kingdom
And John had nothing to do with this young lady's development.. not a single thing
But no need to get into that in public
Congrats John, I've followed your posts on twitter for the past couple of years, and that pride shines through constantly.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
Not John.. but I know who John is..
And John had nothing to do with this young lady's development.. not a single thing
But no need to get into that in public
Wooopsie daisy.
We'll leave it there so.
Here they come! It’s the charge of the “Thanks” Brigade!
What was a lovely post, ruined by sloppiness from myself and Kingers. Apologies ITR (not John).
Not at all lads.. John does good work at youth level, so he's entitled to credit when he does..
Main credit for this young lady, is this young lady.. she's a workaholic when it comes to her football
'I hope he is proud' - Praise for the man who helped instigate Ireland's youth football rejuvenation
“They know the structure is in place and that they have a good base and they can do it. That is really due to Ruud Dokter. So I hope he is proud looking from the outside into the results.”
A sincere question, is this really true or is there luck involved too? I am just intrigued by what others' think?
It's always part luck, but we have a severe structural problem here and Dokter made some progress in a very difficult job.
FAI have finally announced Marc Canham as the replacement for Dokter as the FAIs director of football. Has been working with the Premier League for the last nine years as their director of coaching.
John Morling returns to the FAI as senior football consultant. Morling was involved as manager of the Republic of Ireland Under-15s, Under-16 and Under-17 Men’s teams and Player Development Manager before moving to Brighton to take up the role as academy manager which he did for the last ten years.
Didn’t have any direct dealing with him but was once involved with something which was happening due to his recommendations.
Thought he did excellent work. He was hindered by various stakeholders in terms of making some necessary structural change. But I would think if you had to identify the single individual most responsible for the raft of talented young players arriving now, Dokter is probably the name you’d come up with
Not sure if this a bold decisive move getting two guys with a good pedigree into the fold, and back into the fold in Morling's case, or if it's some sort of woolly compromise that will prevent Canham from executing his role effectively. I'll give it the benefit of the doubt though - having good people at the FAI should be a good thing.
All the reports at first had Morling down as getting the job, and then a few weeks later they had Canham named as getting the job. Myself I'd say Morling might have been offered the job, considered it but could have better offers at club level like Newcastle and recommended Canham for the job. They'd surely have dealt with each other given the jobs they held. FAI may have asked Morling to come in as a consultant to help out while Canham gets used to the new role.
Who is Marc Carnham, the man with the most important job in Irish football - https://www.the42.ie/who-is-the-man-...22110-Jun2022/
Why on earth did I read the comments at the end of that - I should know better by now?!
"Disband the FAI for five years because we're no good anyway."
Let me guess.... whoever wrote that was wearing a GAA or Rugby jersey
Because apparently not playing football will make us better at it…
Why do some of these Mellon heads even bother replying to a page?
That's rubbish. Rugby and soccer share a stadium. If we want to get major tournaments the Gaa have to be involved. Why all this codology. The more sports kids can play the better chance of them finding one they like and sticking at it. The reality is that most Irish people have an interest in our international teams and hope they do well.
It would be great if all the stars graduated to the sport we prefer but in reality it is about these kids playing sport, getting good coaching and progressing in whatever sport they choose.
Could have been a, Wind Up Merchant.
We're also rans now. Have been for a long time.
The idea that we should push 16-year-olds even further abroad - leaving school to move to a place where they've to learn a new language just so one in a hundred might make it and give you a better football team to support - is excessive. And even then those leagues don't want most of our players. This is work we have to do ourselves.
And I'm not seeing a massive success rate so far at the guys who are or have been in European academies (Noss, Heffernan, Zefi, Finn, FitzGerald, Johansson, etc)
Last edited by pineapple stu; 17/05/2023 at 4:20 PM.
Not true at all. Our youth production line from the 1998 to 2003 age groups has, overall, been excellent. Then something seems to have gone badly wrong from 2004 onwards.
For the most part the European based players you are listing there are from an era when our best went to England, so not really a fair comparison.
I have no issue investing in domestic youth structures, in fact I'm all for it. But, once again, suggesting that our best young players are better off staying here instead of going into properly developed footballing setups abroad while our domestic setup remains in its current state is just nonsensical to be honest.
And today we're seeing an early example of the consequences of that on the pitch.
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