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Subject: The argument about academies.... Author: Red&Black Pear [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: "Mon, May 23 2011, 10:02:09 GMT" In reply to: red nose 's message, "Well said BN" on "Mon, May 23 2011, 0:55:16 GMT" ....is not that they don't provide excellent facilities and professional coaches which they obvisouly do but that they draw young players away who do not get meaningful playing time because the "A" league is a farce (only taken seriosuly by clubs if they get anywhere near the final) and then have to be loaned out to other clubs to "develop" their skills. If the Academies were so good then there would be a proper academy comepetion, as there is in Rugby League, and players would not be being "loaned" out but would get all their skills and game coaching at the Academy rather than just being tunred into identikit gym monkeys. And why shoudl the academies just be at Premiership Clubs? If the RFU actyually cared about anythign other than The Cartel they would see that some clubs outside it have a fantastic record of producing and developing talent. Nothing against your lad Red Nose or Worcester per se but the whole Acadamy system was skewed right from the start and should be either revisited or scapped competely. [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> [> Subject: rfu funding Author: jonnoisgod [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: "Mon, May 23 2011, 17:37:59 GMT" I know of two lads who are / have been with a Prem academy , one is on the verge of being released after wasting two years of his parents cash on his accomadation , expenses etc , which annoys me when you see the amount of money swilling around in the RFU and lads have to pay themselves , the other is about to go to the same club and as his parents had not got the money to send him hes had to raise it from sponsers , which to be honest , is disgracefull ! . The first lad was told , in his first year to eat as much as possible and to do mainly gym work , as such he put on 3st , as someone said , all academy lads are is gym monkeys , I wonder if you are brought over from Samoa with very little cash , do the club help you out ? [ Post a Reply to This Message ]