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Teestogreen
October 29, 2023, 3:33pm

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October 29, 2023, 3:40pm

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No - serious.
Town needs to gather its Grimsby / Cleethorpes youth to fruition.
Can reap rewards - as experienced in the late 70,s - Donovan, Drinkell, Ford, Moore, Moore .Moore again
Paul led Town back to the EFL but little progression from youth. Hence , a Recruitment Manager Analyst to select the current players (I contend).
Would love to see Grimsby Town win the FA Cup pre my demise ( nothing wrong at the moment)


But the difference from the 70s and 80s to the youth players of today is todays spend 2 or 3 days a week at college doing all sorts of useless courses, whereas back in the day, all they did was learn their trade and play football.
This is why the youth players today dont come through the ranks successfully as much as those from decades ago
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Seem to think Ryan Bennett came through at a very young age whilst attending Grimsby Tech / College.
Just need to be spotting very good youth footballers in the area quicker - and then signing and retaining them. That used to happen.


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Seem to think Ryan Bennett came through at a very young age whilst attending Grimsby Tech / College.
Just need to be spotting very good youth footballers in the area quicker - and then signing and retaining them. That used to happen.


Ryan Bennett was kicked out of Ipswich due to his attitude and joined GTFC early in his 1st year as a YT. He was recommended to Neil Woods by someone he knew at Ipswich.
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I realise he came from Ipswich.
What a piece of luck for Grimsby Town - would be great if North East Lincs could produce a few more - Harry Clifton in recent times has done us proud.
Hopefully, the Town scouting set up has got its tentacles out with sports teachers from the local secondary schools - that’s what used to happen - and some very talent came to fruition.


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I realise he came from Ipswich.
What a piece of luck for Grimsby Town - would be great if North East Lincs could produce a few more - Harry Clifton in recent times has done us proud.
Hopefully, the Town scouting set up has got its tentacles out with sports teachers from the local secondary schools - that’s what used to happen - and some very talent came to fruition.


Sorry it just does not work like it did back before the Premiership years.
The Premiership is like a black hole it devours everything in its way.
With the rest of the scouts scouring every inch looking for players, being local has nothing to be with anymore.
Youth players can earn more just being at Premiership or Championship than what we can offer our first team players.
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Price of petrol - some parents may think transporting their sons to Grimsby from Waltham May be a better bet than Sheffield United - I mean - where’s the local pride gone?


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Price of petrol - some parents may think transporting their sons to Grimsby from Waltham May be a better bet than Sheffield United - I mean - where’s the local pride gone?


Nothing to do with loyally to your local club, those days have long gone, its all do with money £££.
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The youth team you speak of was a once in a generation event. To get that many coming through was exceptional. The same applies to Man U., they had their once in a generation youth team with Scholes, Beckham etc. They haven't managed to re create it either.
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So it begs the question - where have all of the players in the EFL come from ( most of Premier from overseas) - if youth systems - such as Man U - have been scrapped - as you infer?


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