playsuptop Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Personally I think young kids playing junior is a great experience and shows full time teams that they can play and compete against men. However, people say they are to young for the roughness that comes with junior football and should concentrate on pro youth. Thoughts on this as many clubs now have young squads and competing for titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surely not! Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Personally I think young kids playing junior is a great experience and shows full time teams that they can play and compete against men. However, people say they are to young for the roughness that comes with junior football and should concentrate on pro youth. Thoughts on this as many clubs now have young squads and competing for titles. Will be great for some and a step too far for others. The reality is that the same rules apply to all levels of adult football so one ( in theory) shouldn't be any more rough than the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtg1971 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 if they are good enough they are old enough! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connolly81 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 if they are good enough they are old enough! 100% spot on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertha/BJFC1938 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 100% spot on Exactly and only in scotland can we hear this shite. Good enough get them in regaldless. Only in scotland do people discuss potential with a guy that's 25 . Young guys go to the gym these days and can muscle older guys off the ball , let their ability and the ball skills talk . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raith Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 If good enough they're old enough. We have 11 players who are 18/19 & we see an improvement week on week with the experience they are gaining playing junior football. Decision making is improving along with their mental & physical strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playsuptop Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 Exactly and only in scotland can we hear this shite. Good enough get them in regaldless. Only in scotland do people discuss potential with a guy that's 25 . Young guys go to the gym these days and can muscle older guys off the ball , let their ability and the ball skills talk . Couldn't agree more! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Theobserver Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 It's the way forwards for sure especially when so many pro teams are using the under 20's league to play older guys returning from injury or fringe players giving them "Game Time"...The junior game clearly is an opportunity for these youngsters to showcase their talents and should be embraced by all clubs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertha/BJFC1938 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Couldn't agree more! It's unreal in scotland so it is , derek riordan at Hibernian aged 25 despite doing great was described by our media as having " potential " . Meanwhile down South Wayne Rooney scored as a 15 year old for everton against arsenal and it was great of course but generally accepted as being good enough so he was old enough . Scottish football is full of dinosaurs . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playsuptop Posted March 3, 2016 Author Share Posted March 3, 2016 It's unreal in scotland so it is , derek riordan at Hibernian aged 25 despite doing great was described by our media as having " potential " . Meanwhile down South Wayne Rooney scored as a 15 year old for everton against arsenal and it was great of course but generally accepted as being good enough so he was old enough . Scottish football is full of dinosaurs . In my experience, playing alongside older experienced players helped me grow as a player rather than playing pro youth against players my own age. I think Scottish football is ruined by the idea of "he is to young" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hertha/BJFC1938 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 In my experience, playing alongside older experienced players helped me grow as a player rather than playing pro youth against players my own age. I think Scottish football is ruined by the idea of "he is to young" I would expand a little bit and ️pardon the oxymoron and say we can't get over the " he's too wee syndrome " if messi was scottish he would be with Albion rovers for being too " wee " and big dumplings like Darren Dodds would be full time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola97 Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 It's the way forwards for sure especially when so many pro teams are using the under 20's league to play older guys returning from injury or fringe players giving them "Game Time"...The junior game clearly is an opportunity for these youngsters to showcase their talents and should be embraced by all clubs. Great point I think it could be the way forward especially for smaller clubs like ours.. We have 3-4 under 16s train with us on a regular basis and help out when required. They all played the other night in friendly and did well with 15yr old striker scoring. Great experience and great grounding for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionel hutz Posted March 3, 2016 Share Posted March 3, 2016 Imho players my age (17) playing for a junior team is the way forward for our game. Have a look at Jamie Vardy, playing at English Con. North Division Two (or something like that) and is now the best striker in England. If you're good enough, you're old enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1320Lichtie Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 Plenty of 17 year olds that are more physically developed than guys in their early twenties anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foofoo45 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 St Andrews United have two 17 year olds, two 18 year olds and a 19 year old..in a squad of 18. The new management team are all for giving youth a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forth jfc Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 We have 4 or 5 young boys who have all just turned 17 this year and have taken to junior football brilliantly. We have already had senior clubs interested in them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muirkirk J.F.C Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 At Muirkirk our squad consists of, 10 boys aged 18 3 boys aged 17 2 boys aged 21 1 boy aged 26 And Gary Russell aged 35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtg1971 Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 My own son was farmed out to Camelon when he was 17 from Stenhousemuir, he more than held his own and it definitely helped him progress. I firmly believe if you're good enough you're old enough, the juniors is definitely the best place for boys to learn. In recent times I've seen young lads that have came from pro youth teams struggle in the juniors, it takes them a while to get to grips with it. In my mind the juniors gives young players a better grounding in the game than the Pro youth Ralph i see that even at u15 level when a boy drops from pro youth in to his own age group. They don's get the competitive side of things when in pro youth so long. We beat a team a few weeks back who had 4 drop outs from pro youth and they walked off the park laughing and joking with each other! They have had the competitive edge taken out of them which is totally wrong in my opinion - life's a battle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chis Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 A certain Partick Thistle striker started in Junior Football at that age and has certainly proved himself at that level. Well done Kris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muller Posted March 4, 2016 Share Posted March 4, 2016 U16 18 and 21 football for me was way more enjoyable than junior football so I would always encourage a young boy in that age group to play at that level unless it was to move senior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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