Player development

[one-eyed]

Interesting comment made by Plough about young players' development. Can youngsters develop without a senior core around them? Plough seems to think not.

"I thought our effort, and our intensity around the contests was far better, far superior than what it was last week so I have no issue with my players in those areas.

"Skill level, execution and those sorts of things are things that have obviously still got to improve with a developing team.

"There is no way to put development into young players unless they've got a core group of senior players playing good football around them. Simply, we've either had over the first six or seven weeks in the season some blokes out of form, injured, or carrying injuries into that early part of the season. It just leaves too much for some of those inexperienced boys to deal with."

http://www.realfooty.com.au/news/news/well-be-shattered-for-weeks-wallace/2007/05/12/1178899168921.html

[WilliamPowell]

I reckon it's a valid point to a degree.

Look out our top 6 in last years B&F and they have either a) been injured b)  had an interupted pre-season because of injury or c) horrbily out of form.

These are not excuses they are unfortunately the facts

[letsgetiton!]

i disagree

u dont need senior core to help develop youngsters

the only thing senior players can help youngsters with is attitude, and when we have a senior group full of failures and lack skill, they have nothing to offer

for eg, gaspar was told from now on he would have to earn his selection, what did he do , quit, great attitude. when richo drops a mark v a small bloke like he did yesterday, he looked at the upmpire and whunged, wrong attitude, and what is he teaching the kids.  when tiv gets the ball 25 time and butchers it ten times, and gets mentioned as one of our best players and will get selected next week, what is that teaching the kids, that mediocrity is ok

terry has it all wrong and i look fwd to the day he gets paid out and sacked

[tigersalive]

i disagree

u dont need senior core to help develop youngsters

the only thing senior players can help youngsters with is attitude, and when we have a senior group full of failures and lack skill, they have nothing to offer

for eg, gaspar was told from now on he would have to earn his selection, what did he do , quit, great attitude. when richo drops a mark v a small bloke like he did yesterday, he looked at the upmpire and whunged, wrong attitude, and what is he teaching the kids.  when tiv gets the ball 25 time and butchers it ten times, and gets mentioned as one of our best players and will get selected next week, what is that teaching the kids, that mediocrity is ok

terry has it all wrong and i look fwd to the day he gets paid out and sacked

Instead of pointing to your negatives X why dont you look the other way and vision a fit Cogs, Browny and Simmo in the side all year.  I think we wouldve won at least 2 games by now with those three playing all year.