strathspey@strathspey.org:44962

Bryan McAlister

Re: Over 700 schoolchildren dance in Glasgow

April 3, 2006, 1:17 p.m. (Message 44962, in reply to message 44961)

Actually I was suggesting the informal FUN  kickabouts in the street 
made a great contribution to the quality of play in the past - look at 
Brazil etc. which so far, in recent past more structured coaching 
methods have failed to replicate.



In message <xxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx>, Dick Daniel 
<xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx> writes
>So you reckon that more  rules [like the goalie standing in First 
>position] might solve Scottish Football's problems?  I know little 
>about football, but I somehow doubt that is the answer.    As I 
>understand it, Scottish football has achieved OUTSTANDING international 
>achievements in the past, despite all the odds against them succeeding.
>
>Conversely, perhaps you are agreeing with me that dispensing with the 
>absolute letter of the rules, unless you want to play real COMPETITIVE 
>football, would increase the fun element, to the overall benefit of the 
>game.
>
>Maybe someone should form a committee and organise an international 
>survey to find out why Scottish Football has such a bad image with 
>youngsters, then introduce a PR exercise to sort it all out.  That's 
>what the politicians would advise.  Should only take a few years and a 
>few millions, to arrive at an indecisive conclusion and an ineffectual 
>campaign.
>
>Or maybe it's just that Scotland is a small country with a small 
>population from which to draw talent, and insufficient funding to 
>encourage youngsters to develop their kicking technique, rather than 
>just instructing them that pointing their toes is the supreme immutable 
>priority for all levels of the game.
>
>Dick Daniel
>
>
>
>From:  Bryan McAlister <xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxxxx.xx.xx>
>Reply-To:  SCD news and discussion <xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx>
>To:  xxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxx.xxx
>Subject:  Re: Over 700 schoolchildren dance in Glasgow
>Date:  Mon, 3 Apr 2006 10:06:33 +0100
>>Actually this is a great analogy.  One of the reasons that Scottish 
>>Football is "not very good" these days is that kids nowadays dont kick 
>>cans around on the street. Often they are not allowed to.  The result 
>>is our football teams are half filled (or more) with the "nearly 
>>retired" from other countries and we have the spectacle of a non 
>>league team (Gretna) winning trough to a Cup final.
>>
>>Scottish football is now not shown live on network TV and as a result 
>>seems to be having difficulty in retaining the commercial sponsorships 
>>that are increasingly relied on these days.
>>
>
>

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Bryan McAlister