Peter Varney was on Talkshite this morning. Didn't hear the first part of the interview but I'm sure I heard Fatty Brazil say that we'd sold 18,500 season tickets. Good show if true.
[cite]Posted By: Valley_McMoist[/cite]Peter Varney was on Talkshite this morning. Didn't hear the first part of the interview but I'm sure I heard Fatty Brazil say that we'd sold 18,500 season tickets. Good show if true.
He was talking about academies and the development of young players because ManYoo have signed some 9 year old wonder kid from Australia and they were talking about the implications of developing players too young, building up parents expectations for the future and too many clubs are getting too many kids into the academies from abroad. Had some parents phoning in to say, amongst other things, that over-training had caused serious injury to 16 year olds, parents had been offered houses and cars to move to some of the bigger clubs up north so they'd be in the catchment areas and how some talented kids had just drifted out of the game because they'd been dumped by the clubs at 16 because they weren't considered good enough.
[cite]Posted By: Valley_McMoist[/cite]He was talking about academies and the development of young players
cos he's in a right good position to talk about academies with the wonderful production line of talent that's being produced down at sparrows lane!
He's in a very good position cos he's CEO of a football club and also happens to be the father of a player who came through that system.
And lets forget Parker, Konch, Defoe, Fortune, Randolph and Sam shall we so we can have yet another moan and excuse to slag the club off.
Maybe if you read and took the time to digest what Valley McCoist had just written (players being tempted away to other clubs by bribes) it might actually explain why there haven't been more players coming through but let's not let the facts get in the way of good moan. That wouldn't be the Charlton way would it. : - (
I've always wondered how David Beckham and Kieron Richardson came to be in the catchment area of ManYoo. Obviously they must have had some long lost relatives in that part of the world
[cite]Posted By: Valley_McMoist[/cite]He was talking about academies and the development of young players
cos he's in a right good position to talk about academies with the wonderful production line of talent that's being produced down at sparrows lane!
He's in a very good position cos he's CEO of a football club and also happens to be the father of a player who came through that system.
And lets forget Parker, Konch, Defoe, Fortune, Randolph and Sam shall we so we can have yet another moan and excuse to slag the club off.
Maybe if you read and took the time to digest what Valley McCoist had just written (players being tempted away to other clubs by bribes) it might actually explain why there haven't been more players coming through but let's not let the facts get in the way of good moan. That wouldn't be the Charlton way would it. : - (
[cite]Posted By: Solidgone[/cite]I might have missed something here but has anyone confirmed the number of season ticket holders for this season - 18,500 or wot?
Don't know. Tell you when I find out but not likely to be until 20th Aug.
[cite]Posted By: Curb_It[/cite]i thought we had just re-signed varneys son? the fella with the blond highlights?
That was Alex, this is Luke. Alex is at Ebbsfleet at the moment I think.
[cite]Posted By: Valley_McMoist[/cite]I've always wondered how David Beckham and Kieron Richardson came to be in the catchment area of ManYoo. Obviously they must have had some long lost relatives in that part of the world
With Beckham it was good scouting, he was first spotted at one of Bobby Charlton's football schools and they kept tabs on him for a year or so, inviting him to train at Man U in school holidays etc and even let him be their mascot at a couple of matches when they played in London. Before the Premiership tightened the rules clubs could recruit from anywhere in the UK, now I think it must be from within 35 miles.
Scouting in those days wasn't as organised / strategically planned as it is now. It was all part of an old boys network and it didn't really matter where your scout lived.
Remember when i was young there was a Southampton scout based in the Bexley area and responsible for taking a few lads down there.
Many scouts are either ex-players or are school sports teachers, in that the clubs have a number of schools in their area and simply ask the schools to recommend any good kids who they teach.
[cite]Posted By: WSS[/cite]if ltgtr was in charge of promoting we would have sold 27,000 and had 50,000 on a waiting list
So true. If only the rest of you had listened when I said LTGTR was right.
if i was in charge, for starters i would have given every season ticket holder a free charlton shirt, sorted out the catering pre, during and pos match so that the valley becomes a match day venue not somewhere to get to at the last minute and get away from asap and introduce mobile merchandising sales within the ground...
if i was in charge, for starters i would have given every season ticket holder a free charlton shirt, sorted out the catering pre, during and pos match so that the valley becomes a match day venue not somewhere to get to at the last minute and get away from asap and introduce mobile merchandising sales within the ground...
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So true. If only the rest of you had listened when I said LTGTR was right.
Did PV have anything else to say?
cos he's in a right good position to talk about academies with the wonderful production line of talent that's being produced down at sparrows lane!
He's in a very good position cos he's CEO of a football club and also happens to be the father of a player who came through that system.
And lets forget Parker, Konch, Defoe, Fortune, Randolph and Sam shall we so we can have yet another moan and excuse to slag the club off.
Maybe if you read and took the time to digest what Valley McCoist had just written (players being tempted away to other clubs by bribes) it might actually explain why there haven't been more players coming through but let's not let the facts get in the way of good moan. That wouldn't be the Charlton way would it. : - (
Sankofa
Never saw him play so no idea but that's not the point.
Different Luke Varney. Do try to keep up ; o )
Don't know. Tell you when I find out but not likely to be until 20th Aug.
That was Alex, this is Luke. Alex is at Ebbsfleet at the moment I think.
did he play last night?
Alex Varney played and scored for them last season didn't he? Didn't see his name on the team sheet.
With Beckham it was good scouting, he was first spotted at one of Bobby Charlton's football schools and they kept tabs on him for a year or so, inviting him to train at Man U in school holidays etc and even let him be their mascot at a couple of matches when they played in London. Before the Premiership tightened the rules clubs could recruit from anywhere in the UK, now I think it must be from within 35 miles.
Remember when i was young there was a Southampton scout based in the Bexley area and responsible for taking a few lads down there.
if i was in charge, for starters i would have given every season ticket holder a free charlton shirt, sorted out the catering pre, during and pos match so that the valley becomes a match day venue not somewhere to get to at the last minute and get away from asap and introduce mobile merchandising sales within the ground...
Large???
it's coming. Let's hope it's worth the wait.