Our joke of a Youth System

[luka]

BALLINHASSIG..............35 km from Cobh

A bit akward to say the least eh!!

[ramblersnb1]

jezz interesting enough i think im cracking up as ive seen the 17s and 18s training in cobh in the past 2 weeks !!! as for there only bein 4 cobh players on the 17 team ..... they have at leat 8 if not more players from cobh .... id say checking facts would be the best thing to do before posting on subjects like this ....

[jfarlo]

how does the youth set up work. who is the current manager. have they won anything recently. just wondering because i was at the recent cobh pirates agm and there set up is very good. all underage coaches are currently working towards there i.r.f.u. coaching badges. the senior squad are involved with underage training sessions. not a bad set-up for a "JUNIOR" club. anyone know?

[6yardpunisha]

what about the schools pitches, both secondary schools have pitches, why arent the underage teams playing on these

[ramblers08]

i played there before good enough pitches but really really to far away for a ''home'' venue.....what about the tec? a couple of games have been played there recently and pay the tec for the use of the pitch then

[outside in]

...what about the tec? a couple of games have been played there recently and pay the tec for the use of the pitch then

as far as i no they only want schoolboys on the pitch.wanderers dont even train there anymore even before they got their lights ,open to correction on that

[outside in]

what about the schools pitches, both secondary schools have pitches, why arent the underage teams playing on these

good point,but the schools play some of their games in springfiend to stop students skiping class to watch them so why not put that to them and see wat they have to say.they might change their mind

[ramsfan]

this club is so frustrating one step forward and twenty steps back, if i was an outsider reading this what i would think of the club is that it is disorganised and chaotic
cmon sort it out

[outside in]

this club is so frustrating one step forward and twenty steps back, if i was an outsider reading this what i would think of the club is that it is disorganised and chaotic
cmon sort it out

all it takes is a call to each school,simple really

[ramblers08]

there was also rumours floating around about pitches out in ballymore somewhere dunno if dey were even half true but thats also 2 far away.....they shud of neva got rid of the pitch down in ballyleary

[marty]

lads im sure the school venues have been thought of the bottom line is we just dont have the money to buy pitches and theres not much available anyway,the more time that passes the harder it is going to be to purchase.We need a serious injection of cash or a seperate supporters club for the youth system .one problem alright is local players we need all our teams up to u18s to be local its not going in the right direction we are tryin to build from the top inevitable problems lie ahead.

[eddieohalloran]

We have a winner of the pointless competition.

BALLINHASSIG..............35 km from Cobh


The teams currently don't even train in Cobh. They currently train in Pfizers. Not only that there is only about 3 or 4 Cobh players on either team.
It's an absolute joke. I expect the Cobh Ramblers Schoolboy system to fold in the next year or 2. Unless drastic changes are made!

As U17 Manager I can confirm that we have been told to play our "Home" games in Pfizers, Ringaskiddy for the rest of this season. The U17s do, however train in the Colaiste Muire Astroturf every week and NOT in Pfizers as stated. Each player on the U17 squad pays towards the cost of the astroturf. There currently is a squad of 17 players, 10 of which are from Cobh, 6 from Cork and 1 from Youghal, so it is incorrect to say that there are only 3 or 4 from Cobh. The U17 team is self sufficient, the only cost to the club is the hiring of the Pfizers pitch and referees fees.

For a club like Ramblers to survive and compete we must produce and develop our own players so any players who are brought into the club at U17 level must be better than those already there and be potential League of Ireland players. The catch pool of players must be the whole of the Cork area. There are some people of the opinion that we must be winning leagues and cups every year at Youth level. This is not our priority however, all it would be is an added bonus. Our priority is to produce players for the 1st team. We are very confident that the group of players we are working with this year have the potential to step up. We expect some to play with the Reserve Team and others to play with the U20 team this season.

I hope that this clarifies any issues regarding the U17 team.

[bellavistaman]

As U17 Manager I can confirm that we have been told to play our "Home" games in Pfizers, Ringaskiddy for the rest of this season. The U17s do, however train in the Colaiste Muire Astroturf every week and NOT in Pfizers as stated. Each player on the U17 squad pays towards the cost of the astroturf. There currently is a squad of 17 players, 10 of which are from Cobh, 6 from Cork and 1 from Youghal, so it is incorrect to say that there are only 3 or 4 from Cobh. The U17 team is self sufficient, the only cost to the club is the hiring of the Pfizers pitch and referees fees.

For a club like Ramblers to survive and compete we must produce and develop our own players so any players who are brought into the club at U17 level must be better than those already there and be potential League of Ireland players. The catch pool of players must be the whole of the Cork area. There are some people of the opinion that we must be winning leagues and cups every year at Youth level. This is not our priority however, all it would be is an added bonus. Our priority is to produce players for the 1st team. We are very confident that the group of players we are working with this year have the potential to step up. We expect some to play with the Reserve Team and others to play with the U20 team this season.

I hope that this clarifies any issues regarding the U17 team.

Well said eddie.

[outside in]

why do the club pay for the ref,when i was playing every player paid on match day to cover da cost of the ref,seems like an unnessery cost imo

[bellavistaman]

When i was 17s, i never paid a penny towards anything, training, matches, gear, nothing, then again they were paying me to play at the time, , but seriously mojo would be able to back me up on that.

[bellavistaman]

id just like to say you should try to keep the severity of your thread name to a lower level, this sort of thread could have possibly went with, youths playing outside cobh, or something like that.People from other clubs will check this when they see it in last post and will be thinking whos is a joke, and be directed to our page. By god you get in rages lad.

[rambler14]

As U17 Manager I can confirm that we have been told to play our "Home" games in Pfizers, Ringaskiddy for the rest of this season. The U17s do, however train in the Colaiste Muire Astroturf every week and NOT in Pfizers as stated. Each player on the U17 squad pays towards the cost of the astroturf. There currently is a squad of 17 players, 10 of which are from Cobh, 6 from Cork and 1 from Youghal, so it is incorrect to say that there are only 3 or 4 from Cobh. The U17 team is self sufficient, the only cost to the club is the hiring of the Pfizers pitch and referees fees.

For a club like Ramblers to survive and compete we must produce and develop our own players so any players who are brought into the club at U17 level must be better than those already there and be potential League of Ireland players. The catch pool of players must be the whole of the Cork area. There are some people of the opinion that we must be winning leagues and cups every year at Youth level. This is not our priority however, all it would be is an added bonus. Our priority is to produce players for the 1st team. We are very confident that the group of players we are working with this year have the potential to step up. We expect some to play with the Reserve Team and others to play with the U20 team this season.

I hope that this clarifies any issues regarding the U17 team.

If only things could be explained to us as clearly as that all the time.


Question for ya Eddie:
Are you happy that Cobh Ramblers have to play their home games away from Cobh?
I understand where your coming from but surely you can't like the fact that Pfizers is the home pitch of the 17's and Ballinhassig is the home pitch of the youths!

[bellavistaman]

saying that pfizers isnt a bad pitch, and could have been dumped on alot lot lot worse, go on to aul section, match in blarney was called off due to horses on pitch!

[rambler14]

id just like to say you should try to keep the severity of your thread name to a lower level, this sort of thread could have possibly went with, youths playing outside cobh, or something like that.People from other clubs will check this when they see it in last post and will be thinking whos is a joke, and be directed to our page. By god you get in rages lad.

Thats because i'm not happy with the situation. I think it's an absolute farce the situation the Youth System is in. I havn't been happy with it for quite a long time aswell.
It wasn't like this when you were playing 17's bella and it wasn't like this when I played 17's.
I'm dissappointed more than anything because of the drastic change.

[bellavistaman]

this pitch issue goes alot further than just youths, the senior team dont even have a piych to train on, they destroy the pitch by training on it but theres nothing at all we can do, we even asked the town council for help, but i really doubt they'll be giving any.