Young players at Hull FC are going to be sent out to work during pre-season to help gain a better perspective of the real world. The initiative has been put in place by head coach Lee Radford, who is aiming to keep the feet of his aspiring stars firmly on the floor. *sn****r* Having grown up in the days when players juggled a job and training, he believes it is necessary for his youngsters to be grounded and understand how hard fans work to afford to come and watch them play. During the next month, Hull's under-19s players will spend time working during the day while also fitting in their training and they'll be accompanied by the club's new influx of first-year professionals. "I feel the players need to know how hard people in this city work to afford to come and watch the club play every week," Radford told the Mail. "Being in and around the supporters and working alongside them, we hope it will give the young players that kind of insight into how hard our fans work. "It's about creating an understanding because going forward we want the players to know what it means not just to play for the club, but what the club means to the fans they are representing." A number of venues will be utilised for the work experience programme, with shifts already arranged at a Hull fish factory. Starting in the early hours of the morning, the players will be expected to work a full shift before returning to the club for training in the afternoon, repeating the pattern every day for the minimum of a week. A throwback to the old days before the Super League era, when players had to go out to earn a living alongside their rugby league career, Hull are hoping the initiative is something that can be repeated in future years if successful. Not just a chance to connect with the fans and get an understanding of the working world, Radford also hopes some time spent in a job will give the players a better understanding of just how fortunate their position really is. "These young kids coming through have never worked a day in their life," explained Radford. "Getting to work at 6am to gut fish will maybe kick some backsides into gear and should give the players the realisation of how lucky they are. "They go straight from school to Bishop Burton on our ASSE programme and then from there into the first team having never worked a day. This will do them the world of good." http://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/Hull...fish-factory/story-24082269-detail/story.html A token gesture or a good idea you'd like to see us replicate?
Obviously know nothing about fish, gutting takes place just after they are caught at sea, not usually in the factory, I guess he means filleting.
Get them on a farm, maybe Bishop Burton to shovel some cow ****. It will make men of them. And save the travel costs.
Who cares, its a football forum not an egg chasing one so keep your boring stories to yourself thanks.
