Quote Originally Posted by Master View Post
So you are saying your team were better and should have won? You sound like Alex Ferguson.


ha, yes


problem with kids football is everyone wants to win, coaches mums and dads and spectators in general, far too much


I don't go along with the idea that winning is not important but everyone thinks they know what to do better than the kids because the kids are kids


if a kid tries to bring the ball down and play a pass but gets tackled in the process you hear his dad shouting - common son just get rid of it


if you go off that philosophy then in 5 years time he will still just be "just getting rid of it"


we play football, its 7 a side and I play with one defender, a kind of sweeper


when he gets the ball I expect him to bring it down and play a pass through the midfield


sometimes he will bring it down and get tackled which will result in a goal


today Callum, 8 years old, sometimes gets caught in possession trying to play football and the oppositions defender can kick the ball the length of the pitch and keep his team out of trouble


in 5 years time Callum will be the best 13 year old defender in Britain and the oppositions defender will be able to kick the ball the length of the pitch and keep his team out of trouble