Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 get him developed there to the max, then first opportunity get him off to a proper club HTT That rules out NUFC then goes without saying We were approached a few weeks back by NUFC, heard nowt since . They are known for that though He absolutely ran their first team academy side ragged at their own tournament a few weeks back as well. They did take on one of his team-mates after the games who is a great little player who I get on really well with his dad so we are all happy for him. My boy will end up there/trying it out at NUFC soon no doubt but if it clashed with his training with SAFC, he stays a Mackem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted March 6, 2020 Share Posted March 6, 2020 Is the Netflix advert a picture of the titanic? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiedean Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Gillingham goal 96 mins Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Heh heh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Ex player Mandron at the double too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 96 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Dont want to speak to soon but it looks like they may have had their purple patch a bit too early. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Five teams on 59 points lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 When you consider how many points we won the championship with, and we still had periods in both seasons where it wasn't comfortable. No one's even going to break 90 points over 46 games ffs. Shit league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 When you consider how many points we won the championship with, and we still had periods in both seasons where it wasn't comfortable. No one's even going to break 90 points over 46 games ffs. Shit league. 44 games. But your point still stands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Oh aye, forgot they were a team down, but yeah, they still wouldn't anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TK-421 Posted March 7, 2020 Share Posted March 7, 2020 Gillingham goal 96 mins Bet Joey Barton had himself a chuckle when he heard that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoot Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 The Premiership is absolutely crap now, apparently... https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/the-general-standard-of-this-seasons-premier-league.1508739/ Oh how they loved the Premier league when they were in it and we were in The Championship. https://www.readytogo.net/smb/threads/remember-how-we-relegated-the-mags.1290096/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Olly Lee with an assist too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 8, 2020 Share Posted March 8, 2020 Really good goal the second. Looked like he was getting a bit of stick too given his celebration. Unlike Sunderland as normally they’re so welcoming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Sorry but Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Double Down Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 First Sugar Puffs, now KFC. Boycoutt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 In Sunderland for probably the first time ever without going to the derby to get a scan on my teeth. Haven't seen any dogs in prams but the nurse who did my scan had a name badge showing she was called Maxine Carr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 My little man has only been at their academy a few weeks and they’ve moved him up an age group where he’ll now be part of their ‘elite’ set up. Training moves to Monday’s for 1.5 hours in the big barn where the first team trains and I’ll now be able to watch. They will try and create a team from the players and they’ll get to play a few games soon. They even get their own little locker room. Super proud of him, he’s obviously impressed them. He’s got a great attitude, very serious about his training and works so hard on his game without anyone having to prompt him. Exciting times for him. Staff have been amazing throughout. Everything I've heard about their academy is good tbh. If you watch any of them keep an eye on Jack Diamond, hell of a player. The name sounds familiar, what age group? u21. Was sat behind him at a match recently though and can see why he hasn't broken through, seemed a bit of a dick head and massively immature. On the ball though, he's insanely good. Best I've seen at that level by a mile Cheers, I’ll keep an eye out for him. At the academy they are looking at kids’ characters even more as apparently between the ages 18-23 kids coming through are at that stage where they can fuck their careers up with just a tiny sway in attitude, no matter how talented. It’s the danger zone age group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Well my little man smashed it tonight at training. Huge step up, a world away from what he’s used to in terms of everything, training alongside the apparent cream of the crop at that age level in the NE, most of whom have been playing for a few years and been training/playing to this standard a long time with SAFC, NUFC or Boro and in a few of them all 3. He more than held his own, is as talented as any of them and better than most of them in my humble but maybe biased opinion. He buzzes off these kind of challenges and having to prove himself. Was great to see aspects of what he is capable of and parts of his game I’ve never seen before too all under this kind of environment. He’ll have no problems going forward and I’m so happy for him not because of the opportunity in front of him it could lead to, but because of how much all of this is what he loves going out there and doing the most. He’s still buzzing now and said he loved it all and wished he could go every night. He’s not getting a mackem kit though, which he’s asked for. Standard of sessions, kids, coaching and play is massive compared to anything he’s done or experienced and he fucking nailed it. Proud dad. Oh and nice of them to put these up all over the place... <img src="https://i.ibb.co/QmkRZVb/1052-B322-F7-E3-4477-B62-D-51330-E31-A788.jpg" alt="1052-B322-F7-E3-4477-B62-D-51330-E31-A788" border="0"> Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Did Odin do the Photoshopping for you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Aye he came off really badly when I was sat behind him, attitude seemed awful. I know he went to harrogate and didn’t really light it up so he could be one of those Sounds like a case of frustration maybe? I’d want my players to be unhappy coming off, but you also want them to be able to accept certain things and try and channel any anger/frustration/disappointment etc. in the right way. From what I’m learning, a lot of players between 18-23 struggle with the huge step up from academy/reserve/ to senior professional football and that whole different kind of environment where talent alone isn’t enough and where a spot on attitude or character the most needs to kick in. The hardest work starts around then and some kids having worked so hard upto that point where their hard work has got them there, to have to work even harder past that just to try and have some kind of a career just in the game never mind at their club is a huge demand mentally because for example you can go from being in a group of say 20 at a club all in the same boat to suddenly on your own needing to make it in a group who already have made it. A group mostly signed for big money or a fee. And outside of that they join an even bigger group who are all fighting to make it somewhere else, anywhere else. There is no right or wrong formula, if there was, they’d all make it. I just know talent alone won’t help most of them and to get to a certain point they will have already proven their talent, some a higher talent, some a different kind of talent, some a talent in positionally etc. There are so many other factors too. Look at what kind of impact being coached by Rafa as opposed to Bruce can help a player or getting games even if it’s at a lower level or changing clubs, changing position, even a team’s style of play. Me, we’d all love to be a footballer, but I wouldn’t love doing everything they can, must do, and do better than the next man, to be one. I’m under no illusions with my own son, right now it’s all about fun and enjoying it all. I wonder how many even top players don’t enjoy it or as much as they would love to? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted March 9, 2020 Share Posted March 9, 2020 Did Odin do the Photoshopping for you? Nah, that’s League One printing standards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 10, 2020 Share Posted March 10, 2020 You should start a thread for your lad, HTT, doesn't feel right it being in here Chuffed for you and your boy, bet you'll have some mixed feelings first time he walks out in a red and white shirt though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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