As is well documented of late, we have a good standing in France with the Ben Arfa situation being touted as a huge boost for our reputation. We are also targeting France for most of our recruitment. If the rumours are too be believed. Do you think we may, and if not then we should, develop something of an exchange program with the French teams where we can send our prospects over on loans as good will gestures to possibly help secure any future French talents? We are always discussing loaning out some of our players for experience and it is always to lower English divisions. I personally think loaning over abroad would be more beneficial to the maturity and advancement of the players. We always have discussion up and down the country about the amount of foreign players in our leagues saying they stop our youth coming through... but how many of our home grown players (in general not just NUFC) play abroad? What are your thoughts on this? Do you think playing in a different country would be better for development than say heading off to league 1?
Not sure if the top league in France would take our reserve players on loan to be honest. I agree it would be much more beneficial, but imagine trying to get a team in Ligue 1 to take Ranger on loan, they wouldnt have the first idea who he is.
i think this is a great idea, its very rare that you hear of loanees abroad, and it would most certainly put the club in good standing with other teams, and for the whole england setup it would be very beneficial to have players learning the style of other leagues.
True but there's a bigger chance they'd want to make the move permanent if they were playing in a top league
The larger European leagues (excluding the Premier League) treat the youth squads in a very different manner in terms of how many hours they will accrue a year in training. The players train a few hours a day up to 5 times a week and this helps to bolster their skills and confidence on the ball. The FA have restricted the English youth players to about 2 hours a week of training. Any English youth player going abroad is going to find the transition very difficult to cope with in terms of ability and language. Let's be honest; English players don't really travel well and in the end it could be detrimental to a young players development and confidence. The FA needs to change the ruling to allow the English players to spend longer in training.
Having a feeder club wouldn't be a bad idea. It would enable the club to expand it's scouting network to Asia and South America and use the feeder club in the same way United have with Royal Antwerp to allow players to obtain a work permit. As for loanees, i can't see it would be beneficial, the Championship is much more competitive and is a much better way of introducing players to the tougher regime. One of my concerns with us is where we actually send players. We need to ensure they are getting games in a competitive environment. As great as it is watching Tozer be part of a team that beats the bin dippers in their own back yard, playing against the likes of Barnet and Aldershot aren't going to prepare him for when the Drog goes bounding past him.
I kinda agree to a point about it being difficult. but i feel its time we change things in our attitudes. we seemed resigned to old ways of thinking and i think we need to come into the modern world. i kinda feel we have an attitude that we won the world cup in 66 so our methods work and we are reluctant to accept change. Id like us to be the ones to break out and try something new. if they have to learn a new language and have a tough time so be it. suck it up if you want to be paid thousands to play football. its time for change i think.
