Quote Originally Posted by MOZZER2 View Post
One thing that is a contradiction though is that we have 11 year olds playing football that resembles Barcelona or Spain and then we have our first team playing a brand of football that is totally the opposite. Unless the club as a whole can find a way of becoming more fluid in its vision it will be impossible to ever realise any of the talent currently in the academy.
well you know my stance on children and youth football gringo but the fact still remains what i,ve been harping on about for the last 10 years on here is nurturing futsal to the younger generation in the uk but the depressing fact is we are about 20 years behind the rest of the major footballing nations to make any difference

will be interesting if england go out of the world cup early doors and the back lash that will follow in the media about the state of our game like every major tournament in the last 20 years whilst the prem league is considered the best .

https://www.theguardian.com/football...d-messi-neymar

the above article is good but far too little too late to make an impact . a good point you made about our under 11's regarding playing like spain in reality most kids want to play the passing game these days which as you mention goes against the grain in terms of our first team . Looks like the fulham owner has wound up a few people on here too regarding that [/QUOTE]

I know people like Pete Sturge and the England DNA are very strong advocates of Futsal in youth development. Mark Neville who used to be foundation phase head at Cardiff is also a big believer in Futsal amd allowing the kid's to involved in a lot of free play enhance their creativity and decision making.

As far as I can see now though, Cardiff merely pay lip service to Futsal now. The kids have Futsal training once a week but it's played with a normal football and dribbling and expression are not encouraged in the slightest. It's basically football on a hard surface and the only thing it tends to develop is severs disease!

I've probably said this before but my biggest issue with Futsal (and I may be wrong) is that I don't understand why they don't have enclosed walls like old school 5 a side. The ball seems to be out of play more than its in play in Futsal and surely this is not great for kids development.

I know most clubs are following the success of the England DNA and I truly hope Southgate will stay true to this when the questions come when England get knocked out of the world cup.

It does seem to be working at the moment but it won't happen overnight.