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Doing lots right at Youth level

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Delighted for the Celtic Youths, who won the Under-20 league for the fifth successive season.  Youth football is not skewed in favour of the wealthier clubs in the way first team football is.  Celtic will be able to afford better coaches and scouts, but wage levels at this age are broadly consistent across the board, so that five year stretch is an indication that we’re doing a lot of things right at development level.

Greg Dyke’s review of English football this week drew an incredible level of condemnation but it’s central thrust, how to translate 18-year-old talent into first team stars, remains a challenge.  Especially at clubs competing who recruit to compete at the very top of the European game.  Celtic chose to send many of their top Youths out on loan this season, one of the suggestions Dyke’s report made.  We’ll see how productive this proves.

The final week of the season saw the Youths need two wins, against Rangers* and Dundee United Youths to deny the boys from Sir David Murray Park snatching what would have been a significant title.  While progress has been patchy for their first team, Youths boss, Gordon Durie, has narrowed the gap at the top better than the other Murray Park coaches.  If and when they can afford to get rid of McCoist, don’t be surprised to see Durie step up, I hear he’s impressed for all the right reasons.

*occasional use of the word “Rangers”, “Airdrieoneans” or “Elvis” without the prefix “Newco” or suffix “Costello” does not infer that the original entities to bear those names are currently in existence.  Both football clubs were liquidated, Sevco Scotland changed their registered name to Rangers after administrators of the old club changed and released their name.  Clydebank changed their name to Airdrie United, and then to Airdrieoneans.

Pump it up.

Hope everyone one attending the Hootenanny this afternoon has a great day.  My chances of getting there and remaining intact is diminishing by the minute.

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  1. sixtaeseven on

    Alasdair Lamont, Senior football reporter, BBC Scotland

     

    “Whichever of the Championship clubs makes it through to meet Hibs, they will be facing a side bereft of confidence.”

     

     

    squire danaher, CQN

     

    “Winner of QOTS-Falkirk tie plays Hamilton over 2 legs.

     

    Winner of that tie plays Hibs over 2 legs.

     

    Doesn’t seem particularly fair that either QOTS or Falkirk need to play 6 games where Hibs need play only two.”

     

     

    Living abroad, I prefer to read Squire’s account of things when I want the fitba news.

  2. Pogmathonyahun aka Laird of the Smiles on

    I watched Soccer AM this morning and both of those Kasabian lads Tom and Sergio were quite keen to have big Fraser as the number 2 backup for Hart at the World Cup Finals. I got the feeling that Helen and Max were quite keen on the idea too. Just found out that Helen Chamberlain is 47, not looking bad for her age. Born just over a month before the Big Cup came to Paradise.

  4. squire danaher on

    sixtaeseven 19:55

     

     

    Thanks for kind words.

     

     

    Basically I use various football stats websites because I like a bet. I educate myself.

     

     

    I can’t understand why media people can’t get simple things right.

     

     

    Although to be fair your quote by A Lamont is correct

  7. !!Bada Bing!! on

    Great day meeting friends old and new,well done BMCUW and all the organisers.If you haven’t seen Billy No’Well ,then you have to.

  19. Stairheedrammy on

    Just glanced at the TV there and Donald Findlay seems to be singing Icelands Eurovision entry, well he has experience of singing in public.

  23. pedrocaravanachio67 on

    Roy C

     

     

    Some great tunes pal…..

     

     

    This is turning in to duelling banjos between me an you….

     

    I’ll let u be the wee Barry ferguson boy on the bridge :-)

  24. ernie lynch on

    NatKnow

     

     

    16:13 on 10 May, 2014

     

     

     

     

    ‘The use of any word cannot INFER anything – it can only IMPLY something.’

     

     

     

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    ‘However, as I have often heard Dr. Johnson observe as to the Universities, bad practice does not infer that the constitution is bad. ‘[James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791]

     

     

    ‘Lucy … reseated herself with an alacrity and cheerfulness which seemed to infer that she could taste no greater delight.’ [Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, 1811]

     

     

    ‘to be a literary man infers a certain amount of — well, even formal education.'[William Faulkner, 25 Feb. 1957, in Faulkner in the University, 1959]

  34. RWE on

    Never mind the choons…. :o)

     

     

    What’s the chances….

     

     

    Arrived in Longboat Key, Florida, flip flops on then a saunter along the surf, smashing.

     

     

    A couple walking towards me & Mrs RWE and his hat blows off. We stop and talk.

     

     

    Turns out it’s Alan & Ann from Gourock.

     

     

    First people we spoke to ..

     

     

    I think they were as underwhelmed as we were…

     

     

    Notsoexoticafterall CSC

  35. Papa John on

    Hi Folks was unable to post my respects to the sad loss of our Little Hero Oscar yesterday, may he join all his playmates the Angels and Saints,May he Rest in Peace prayers said.

     

    On hols in the Costa Del Sol, will miss the Perty tomorrow just sussed oot how to crank up the IPad hope you all have a HOOPY TIME tomorrow.

     

    Awerabest PJ

  38. RWE on

    Hope the hootenanniers are having/had a ball…and all will return/returned their appropriate billets.

     

     

    HH

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