Re: Youth set up merger : Fri Jul 03, 2015 11:39 pm  

The argument against elite junior programmes - Josh Mantellato - he never spent a day in an elite junior programme. He got himself fit enough to be an elite sportsman due to his job as a personal trainer at a gym and learnt his kicking skills in his backyard by himself. He got his break at age 23 after being a standout in a country football league, and after paying his own way to play for Italy in World Cup qualifiers.
But I suppose he is the one in a thousand who didn't come through an elite junior set up to reach the top these days.

Re: Youth set up merger : Sat Jul 04, 2015 7:58 am  

Sandro II Terrorista wrote:

I appear to be the only person in the world that likes this idea.

What both clubs have done so far hasn't borne many fruits since Hull brought through Cooke, Yeaman, Horne as top players.

We need to try something different.

Currently Hull's set up is better than ours,however, who have they produced over the last five year's? Lineham.

But look at football, the top clubs attract players, juniors from all over the world.

Rugby league is bigger than Hull, maybe we might be able to put together an elite youth development scheme.

If an when we unearth some gems, then, let's worry about how we divvy them up.

NO I am with you on this goose has i have said on a post on this thread i will be happy for it to work i just have my fears it will not but if it does it will be no thanks to the RFL

Re: Youth set up merger : Sat Jul 04, 2015 9:20 am  

I also had stated my positivity for this idea. I think there are clearly things that the clubs haven't yet disclosed, but in theory I am behind it. A couple of things though....

Name: Humberside does not exist, so not even a sniff of that horrible name. Hull and East Riding, (although the name of the Union club that used to frequent the circle) or Hull and East Yorkshire, or even Hull Thunder Robins, but not Humberside!

Colour: whilst I can see the merit of yellow and blue (HCC colours) we will clash with Leeds and wire, so an away shirt of red and black would be acceptable.

Coaching: are we to use a mixture of our current set ups? with all our current sides doing well and improving picking and choosing coaches may be a massive headache especially with the perceived best mate culture at FC

Director of Rugby: Was Jamie Peacock aware of this before he signed up, if not I wonder how he feels about it.

The draft system: this will, I believe be a bit more straight forward than imagined. However a good point made by another poster was if a club has real injury problems and the draft isn't while after u19, what happens then? Or is there a mini draft after u16?

Just a few thoughts at this early stage, I'm sure others will have their own thoughts on this but let's get them out there.