dee man wrote:sad about smithys if true but is this another case of clubs taking local home grown players for granted.i know that a huge amount of their under 18s ended up at central united to play for a coach that looked after their best interests.maybe if senior officials took the same approach clubs wouldnt find themselves so often in this position.but thats just me thinking aloud
WTF are you on about? How do they take their home grown talent for granted, do you mean they should pay them to stop them going elsewhere?
Andy Stewart got an A Grade gig at Central United and coaxed his 18's from the previous season out there too, Andy was looking after his own interests as a first time senior coach, he had a good relationship with the kids as he had been in the junior coaching game for a number of years so they were easily persuaded.
Steve Dejager before him coached the 18's and B grade and then went to Angle Vale taking a stack of players also.
Our young players get money thrown at them every year to leave, some go, some stay, even still, we'd have a strong A grade this season but the players that Central United and Angle Vale took were fringe A graders at best but nevertheless they were numbers.
So if you want to crap on about "best interests", please be a little specific, if that means getting an A grade game in div 7 opposed to pushing for selection in div 5 well then I guess you've got me.
Unless you have anything more than just hunch, maybe you should just avoid thinking "aloud", this is Smithfield's centenary year and when you get cut off at the knees twice in the space of a few years it's going to eventually cripple you. There is a lot of upset people looking for answers and getting together to try and turn this around immediately so seeing as though you have so much advice for "senior officials", please forward some along.
The Smithfield Football Club pays NO ONE except the coach, that's where we can't compete, my 17 y.o son was offered $200 per game last season to go to a rival div 5 club and knocked it back, he has had 4 different clubs offering similar amounts this season and they were all before Christmas, clubs want young talent and they don't care who they kill off to get it.
