[star214]

http://www.realgrass...co.uk/index.php

[kiddy]

Lucky you support Nitten, as if it was Falkirk, you'd have folk crawling over the top of you moaning about youtube links.

[MattBairn]

kiddy, on 11 March 2010 - 13:38, said:

Lucky you support Nitten, as if it was Falkirk, you'd have folk crawling over the top of you moaning about youtube links.

Yes because thats the same thing kiddy.

Context.

[robert mclean]

indoor facilitys for me is a must as the weather prohibits youth training through the winter , unlike in hotter continents where they can train every day this is a clear disadvantage well in my eyes anyway . it would cost a fair amount of money to build indoor facilitys but it wud benefit in the long run.

[kiddy]

MattBairn, on 11 March 2010 - 13:42, said:

Yes because thats the same thing kiddy.

Context.

You think context is something about obtaining somebodys bank details using a moblie phone.

[TheScarf]

How about employing actual football coaches rather than fitness coaches? Which every coach/manager in the country seems to be.

[stevenc1991]

If we could stop underage drinking it would help as well.

[stefw]

^ Agreed

Take away drink, drugs and women and there would be loads of young talent.

I know a few boys my age that were very, very good. Unfortunately instead of practicing every night, it was right on the drink and knocking up their one night stand.

[Knob Jocky]

stefw, on 11 March 2010 - 15:16, said:

^ Agreed

Take away drink, drugs and women and there would be loads of young talent.

I know a few boys my age that were very, very good. Unfortunately instead of practicing every night, it was right on the drink and knocking up their one night stand.

i could have played for Scotland I a hadnae found the dope an booze at14
i could have played for Ireland if I hadnae done that shit and liked bummin men an had a labotomy

looks like am gonae hav to suffer being Logies top shagger insted lol

[star214]

Knob Jocky, on 11 March 2010 - 15:54, said:

i could have played for Scotland I a hadnae found the dope an booze at14
i could have played for Ireland if I hadnae done that shit and liked bummin men an had a labotomy

looks like am gonae hav to suffer being Logies top shagger insted lol

Some intelligent Answers there.

[MattBairn]

kiddy, on 11 March 2010 - 14:19, said:

You think context is something about obtaining somebodys bank details using a moblie phone.

That wasn't too bad.

[Captain_Sensible]

robert mclean, on 11 March 2010 - 14:12, said:

indoor facilitys for me is a must as the weather prohibits youth training through the winter , unlike in hotter continents where they can train every day this is a clear disadvantage well in my eyes anyway . it would cost a fair amount of money to build indoor facilitys but it wud benefit in the long run.

Yes, indoor facilities would be good - Toryglen is great by the way.

But I think the effect of the weather is overstated. We've had a freak winter this year - our winters are usually relatively mild. My son has been playing football for the past 4 years and this season is the first where he has really faced games and training sessions being called off. He's been able to train through the winter up until this year.

Similarly, I trained for 2 marathons through the winter, running an average of 10 miles a day every day, quite often running twice a day, and I can only really remember having to cancel a run on a couple of occasions - and even then because it was first thing in the morning and the roads were too icey. I remember when I was overweight and unfit and used to look ou the window and think how bad the weather looked - but when I was actually out there in my running days it was never actually that bad.

What I would actually say is that the worst conditions for running in were hot days. They were by far the worst. When I ran my last marathon I remember the sun came out for the last 6 miles and it made it so much harder. Luckily I was quick and missed the worst of it but I remember sitting in the beer garden after I'd finished watching the rest of the race coming in under hot sun, folk who would have had to suffer it for 1, 2, 3 hours or more, and I was glad it wasn't me.

[kiddy]

Captain_Sensible, on 11 March 2010 - 22:07, said:

Yes, indoor facilities would be good - Toryglen is great by the way.

But I think the effect of the weather is overstated. We've had a freak winter this year - our winters are usually relatively mild. My son has been playing football for the past 4 years and this season is the first where he has really faced games and training sessions being called off. He's been able to train through the winter up until this year.

Similarly, I trained for 2 marathons through the winter, running an average of 10 miles a day every day, quite often running twice a day, and I can only really remember having to cancel a run on a couple of occasions - and even then because it was first thing in the morning and the roads were too icey. I remember when I was overweight and unfit and used to look ou the window and think how bad the weather looked - but when I was actually out there in my running days it was never actually that bad.

What I would actually say is that the worst conditions for running in were hot days. They were by far the worst. When I ran my last marathon I remember the sun came out for the last 6 miles and it made it so much harder. Luckily I was quick and missed the worst of it but I remember sitting in the beer garden after I'd finished watching the rest of the race coming in under hot sun, folk who would have had to suffer it for 1, 2, 3 hours or more, and I was glad it wasn't me.

Pedestrians are meant to keep to the paths.

This post has been edited by kiddy: 11 March 2010 - 23:20

[grazza]

Youth football should definetly be playing summer football. You think the amount of calloffs at pro level is bad but I'm sure it is worse for boys clubs. Start youth teams off at summer football and see the benefits of that in 5 to 7 years maybe then people will wake up and we can move out the cultural rut we find ourselves in.

[boab the builder]

TheScarf, on 11 March 2010 - 14:29, said:

How about employing actual football coaches rather than fitness coaches? Which every coach/manager in the country seems to be.

Exactly, when i was 12-16 (im 23 now), there was lots of players with excellent technique but were overlooked because they were not "big athletes". fitness comes with training day in-day out and if you give some of these boys the chance they would get themselves to level required.

the scouts also seemed to forget that people dont stop growing until they're 21, so adopting the attitude that if you're not big enough at 16 you've got no chance is a joke.

Danny swanson is the only exception i can think of (in terms of height), someone gave him a chance at berwick, now he's at dundee utd, but thats only been the last two years, he's not grow much since he was 16-17 so why was no-one willing to give him a go then?

Im not sure what the scouts are looking for just now but hopefully they've changed their view because as a nation, we need to be bringing players on who are technically gifted and believe me there are lots of them out there!

[MattBairn]

grazza, on 12 March 2010 - 02:23, said:

You think the amount of calloffs at pro level is bad

No. I dont.

[Captain_Sensible]

grazza, on 12 March 2010 - 02:23, said:

Youth football should definetly be playing summer football. You think the amount of calloffs at pro level is bad but I'm sure it is worse for boys clubs. Start youth teams off at summer football and see the benefits of that in 5 to 7 years maybe then people will wake up and we can move out the cultural rut we find ourselves in.

My son has played summer football AND winter football for the past 4 years starting from Under 8 level. The Pro Youth system stops in December and doesn't start again until March and plays into the summer, stopping at end of June.

So summer youth football is already here!

As for call offs at Pro Youth level, my son was playing Pro Youth before Xmas and not a single game was called off. As the Pro Youth have only started back again they have missed the bad weather and so I doubt there will be any call offs at all.

When he was playing at Boys Club level I can only really remember one game being called off in the 3 years he played. This winter has been a freak.

[Captain_Sensible]

kiddy, on 11 March 2010 - 23:19, said:

Pedestrians are meant to keep to the paths.

Very funny.

Actually, on icey mornings when I ran to work from Paisley to Glasgow I used to be able to run on the main road which was less icey due to the ridiculous hour in the morning I would set off as there were virtually no cars about.

My particular favourite was a 5.30am start for a 12 mile route which took me from Paisley to Glasgow via Ibrox & Govan and then over to Partick via Charing Cross and then through Kelvingrove Park so that I could run up the big hill before arriving at work at 6.50am. I'd then get my gear and head off to the gym for a weights session and still be at my desk for 8am so I could leave early. I could manage 3 breakfasts after that.