Only for you, my friend.
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Thatâs it?
Looks like one of the club stock design range.
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I like it. Itâs not a proper shirt for a not proper club. Itâs on brand.
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Looks like a training top to me.
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Puma did it for Dortmund too but their fans went on the barricades so they added the badge. Looks shit still.
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Ahhhh thatâs the problem for Man City
Fans
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Fact is they donât trail all that much though so most of these games will be when they were really shit.
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Fucking hellâŚthat is so bad it seems like some mathematician who works on probability could give a conference paper on it.
Iâd listen to 20mins of that analysis.
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Hilarious Pep-poppinâ, Oleinous 1-1 scenario incoming?
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Thatâs a negative.
Ahead of the match Guardiola said: âWe want a left foot on the left side, a right foot on the right side, basically that is the reason why [Grealish is on the bench].
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is this really the fault of a club though?
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What a headline grabber by the BBC. I am with @Semmy on this one. Pretty sure many other youth players go through the same scenario. Family and peer support is also crucial here. Good that Man City are introducing additional measures though, such as exit interviews and such.
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I think there has to be some reflection by clubs and football on the ethics of youth recruitment.
Itâs not acceptable to target children and dangle their wildest dreams in front of them, knowing 99% arenât going to get there, and then discard them when it doesnât work out.
I know Liverpool have taken huge steps to work with young people and their families even after they have been released, which is welcome.
But still, the nature of this is still troubling to me. We love to see a youngster come through, but for everyone that does loads of other donât make it, and essentially are left having to rebuild their lives either in football, or frequently outside football.
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What about a universityâs responsibility for a teenager committing suicide after telling them they have failed?
Maybe not the right place for it, but I definitely see some parallels.
Itâs an awkward one.
If an employer sacks a person, or makes a person redundant or doesnât renew the contract (which is what has happened here) do they / should they have a obligation to look after that person for a period of 12-24 months after leaving the employment.
It seems like it would happen in a perfect world but as we all knowâŚ.
Time frame was just an example btw.
The comparisons with Uniâd and employers are fair, but I think the big difference is that we are talking about children.
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