Anyone here involved with or know any U15 teams looking for players? Local to Ballyer or Inchicore would be preferable
Particular interest in the Bosco if anyone knows the situation there?
Anyone here involved with or know any U15 teams looking for players? Local to Ballyer or Inchicore would be preferable
Particular interest in the Bosco if anyone knows the situation there?
Has he signed for a club this season?
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Yeah, does that mean he can't change?
Not till next season. You can only move before Oct 15th.
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Dam it, cheers for the info though.
If you remember, can you let me know when things are starting there for the new season?
unless his former team have broken up
Cheers lads, his team is still there now so will wait for next season. Thanks
speaking of under 15s. kilnamanaghs team were kicked out of the league for playing a player who lives more than 49km away. was in tonights evening herald. anybody know anymore on it. am not involved in schoolboy football but surely this happens at the bigger clubs also?
Im Involved with the pats 15's Slavia... If he wants to come down at the end of the season to the trials feel free.... For anyone that doesnt know what the rule entails its basically you must play within 49km of where the kid goes to school. About the Kilnamanagh situation, the Kildare league put in a protest about a player they had signed from Port Arlington, they were subsuquently expelled from the league, but kilnamanagh are appealing. They have aknowledged that they have broken the rule but they feel being kicked out is too extreme and that a points deduction would be the wisest option. The SFAI have it out for Dublin clubs as seen when they had the meeting all the way down the country on a monday night with only 3 reps from dublin they were out voted as u cud imagine. I know of 5 clubs in 15 Premier alone who have country players and are walking on glass. The rule is a disgrace IMO, denying a kid a chance to play football wherever he likes, whatever happened to common sense????
You'd be happy to let an 8 year old travel at least 300 km a week to kick a football for 2 and a half hours?
What about his education? Local friends? costs to parents? cost to family life if there's brothers or sisters not seeing parents half the week?
If he trained at half 6 he'd leave the house at 5 and return possibly at 9pm from training twice a week. A child shouldn't spend half his life in a car he should be out climbing trees or cycling a bike.
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I seen a tallaght team draw Saturday and the manager and then a parent attack the ref. Ref was dragged into a passing car and whisked to safety by a forum member.
I seen another parent who changed job to get his son to training last July. Kid was struggling at the level so the coach thought it would be better if the kid played locally (past kildare town) and told the parent. Parent then attacked the coach. Kid was travelling to training by train with the mum and the dad was collecting him after.
Insane.
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Ah it's mental. Other teams manager was threatened by one of his parents too.
And this was a mid season DRAW! good job they weren't playing for something at the end of a season..........
The game is far to competitive for some and that ties into the 49 km rule also imo. Parents need to realise how difficult it is to create a footballer who'll make the top level and stop making early retirement plans based on their kids ability.
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Scrap leagues for kids...
Done
In fairness When my daughter played camogie I stood on the line in silence. If I hadn't been a coach myself I'd probably have been shouting with the rest of them.
We're trying the don't cross the line with all our ssg teams soon. Hope they hand out leaflets telling the parents to stay quiet too.
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Ive watched my daughter play camogie and i don't say a word (lack of interest in the stupid sport not withstanding) but ive see parents just as bad at those games than at any ddsl games.
I was watching a game once and both managers/coaches where so far out on the pitch from either side they could have held hands in the middle.
Never relegated
I Coach in Broadford and this season we have started a "don't cross the line" system for all SSG matches (essentially rope off the pitch for 5-10 metres the whole way round. It's had a huge impact on parents shouting at kids (including their own)- now only thing you hear (mostly) is encouragement and cheers.
I personally think FIFA/UEFA should introduce rugby style rules regarding refs (at all levels)
It works phenomenally well and is respected by all, leading to much greater respect for refs. It's a big culture shift, but could be the best thing the game ever done.
Re the 49km rule- should be 5/10km in cities. Pathetic the behaviour of some parents.