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Originally Posted by 74offsuit
Depends what you mean by successful. There was an article in Sundays Telegraph highlighting the failure of UK's academies.
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They have produced players who end up playing Premiership football, maybe one a season over the last 10 years. Is that successful?
Bear in mind that I have had conversations with this guy. He voluntarily coaches a local U11 side (he's been with them since U8) and he very much preaches let the game be the teacher. He doesn't care about the results of the games, just that they play good passing, attacking football. He encourages them to express themselves. This is what he was drilling into us. He's very much there for the kids to learn and progress through the game.