Ban on international transfer of minors

**jimhacker** · 25/03/2009, 9:12 AM

Originally Posted by osarusan

agree that we'd need to start setting up places for our players to get the sort of training that young players currently get abroad.

You mean the sort of training that they get at places like Mansfield and Colchester.

If ever an advert was needed to counter the infatuation with cross channel football, it was provided by the U/12 team in last year's games v portugal and England.

We produced a team full of one paced, one sided, plodders from the lower level U.K clubs.

None of these players would have been any the worse off had they stayed with local clubs here.

I doubt that this ban could be successfully enforced - but it would be nmarvellous if it could be and might bring an end to one of the last vestiges of child labour in Europe.

**Longfordian** · 25/03/2009, 10:52 AM

Originally Posted by jimhacker

If ever an advert was needed to counter the infatuation with cross channel football, it was provided by the U/12 team in last year's games v portugal and England.

We produced a team full of one paced, one sided, plodders from the lower level U.K clubs.
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Bit harsh to be writing them off as one paced plodders at 12

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**jimhacker** · 25/03/2009, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by jimhacker

You mean the sort of training that they get at places like Mansfield and Colchester.

If ever an advert was needed to counter the infatuation with cross channel football, it was provided by the U/21 team in last year's games v Portugal and England.

We produced a team full of one paced, one sided, plodders from the lower level U.K clubs.

None of these players would have been any the worse off had they stayed with local clubs here.

I doubt that this ban could be successfully enforced - but it would be nmarvellous if it could be and might bring an end to one of the last vestiges of child labour in Europe.

Alright alright!

There's always one!

**Boh_So_Good** · 25/03/2009, 1:07 PM

Originally Posted by sligoman

Sounds great to me.

So is Martin Cullen meeting with Niall Quinn to stop this attack on our great sporting traditions?

**John83** · 25/03/2009, 3:23 PM

Originally Posted by Dodge

yeah, but that was a good thing for the big clubs. Presumably, this new rule wouldn't be.

Of course the statement indicates they're all going to row in behind it so I could just be overcynical (again)

If it ever goes, it'd end transfer fees. That would hurt small clubs as much as help them. Most clubs are happy that half their team can't walk out tomorrow because the manager's a tit or something.