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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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  3. pedrocaravanachio67 on

    Gordon64

     

     

    I reckon if she/he walked in on the hootenaners the noo, they’d be fighting over her/him

     

     

    Roy C

     

    Great tune fae the dubliners there.

  4. TroonTim on

    Just back from the Hootenanny.

     

     

    Great day but left early to give my liver and brain cells a rest before Trophy Sunday.

     

     

    Turned on the TV to see a bearded lady in a tight dress singing in a foreign language. I was looking for Eurovision but must have clicked on to the Sky Adult channel by mistake.

     

     

    Hope I’m not getting charged £5.95 for this!

  13. IanBhoy929 on

    aiden bhoy

     

    Usual Captain ‘s stuff, but did mention missing old firm games.

     

     

    Hail! Hail !

  27. jude2005 is Neil Lennon \o/ on

    19s Beat Arbroath 5 – 2 in the league cup semi today. Play Ayr in the final.

  32. WeefratheTim on

    Good evening all

     

     

    I hope the Hootenariers are having a ball tonight. Good on them, wish I could be with them.

     

     

    A superb response to the Wee Oscar Charity online on twitter. Bless all who contributed. :-))

     

     

    Weefra HH praying to Wee Oscar.

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