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Listed below are comments made by Tbonetower between Tuesday, 28th October 2008 and Tuesday, 11th November 2008.

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Review of the week 12:29pm on 11 Nov 2008 Very fun and entertaining blog Chris. Keano is an absolute legend. Love his Friday press conferences too. I also agree with him regarding pundits. Of the top of my head, the only ones I listen to and often agree with are Andy Gray and, well I'm sure there's a couple but the names escape me!

The likes of Ian Wright, Lawro, Merson, Thompson, Le Tiss, Kamara, and so on were obviously good players but their analysis of games, teams, and players is awful IMO. I know it's all about opinions but I cringe when they talk about football because there perception is a million miles away from mine and these are previous or potential club managers! People on the up in the coaching system have no chance against their names but in terms of knowledge it's no contest.
The pressures of youth football 10:04am on 28 Oct 2008 Good read and good to hear a pro being made aware of this.
I was released from a big Champ side when I was 19/20 after only having one year as pro and the standard of coaching was mixed. Obviously I am not going to name names but it is a fact that we were and still are (to a point) behind other nations in terms of the quality of coaching.

I now have my 'B' licence and may well try and get on the 'A' licence next summer. I also coach in a local academy at u'16 level where the lads are a little more mature but I have yet to coach at a game yet and so I dont know much about their parents.

Going back to my youth, I was lucky in that I had supportive and not pushy parents but like most reading this I experienced some horrid incidents. If I manage a team and a parent behaves poorly towards their son, I can't tell them how to parent but I will lay the law down in terms of what I expect. Problem with this and I could see it happening is if the player is quite decent and the parent then pulls him out and then possibly the academy boss turns and queries me and my decision, which ultimately results in the boy being pulled out of the team by the parent. It's the lads who suffer. At some local youth clubs, they have a code of conduct which every parent signs and adheres to, it's certainly a start and I would recommend this to any club running youth teams.

As for coaching philosphies in dealing with young kids, they should be allowed to play and express themselves in SSG IMO.

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