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Post by narko on Jun 20, 2011 23:13:13 GMT 8
If the Azkals do well in this current campaign cjeagle, I am sure this will attract more attention from other foreign-based players who can play for our country. Also, I hope that the accomplishments of the Azkals not only attract the attention of Philippine-qualified foreign-based pro players in good leagues, I also hope it will start attracting attention of foreign scouts hoping to find the next best thing.
This is where the grassroots development of PFF is going to come into play. Club scouts (pun intended) go looking for young teenagers in Africa and South America, recruiting them at quite young ages for their academies. This is how we can get homegrown talent to be developed further, if outstanding young players get scouted and recruited. Imagine that, top training and experience at no expense to the PFF and come tournament, you simply call them in to play for the country. If the Azkals and the PFF can show that there is talent worth scouting for here in the Philippines, some of these clubs might start looking toward this direction. I think one reason they haven't done so in the past is because we are not considered a footballing nation.
Of course, this is easier said than done but it is a template worth establishing and developing. Look at the African countries, they are worse off than us economically yet they are competitive in football because top clubs in Europe go scouting in those places looking for talents as young as 14 to develop in their academies. In return those countries have a pool of well-trained and experienced players to choose from for their national teams.
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Post by jvictor on Jun 24, 2011 14:04:54 GMT 8
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Post by takernz on Jun 24, 2011 18:33:09 GMT 8
There a news about a Brazilian who was thrown a piece of banana by an unknown culprit in a game in Russia. Racist daw ang issue
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Post by fadzki on Jun 24, 2011 18:35:32 GMT 8
There a news about a Brazilian who was thrown a piece of banana by an unknown culprit in a game in Russia. Racist daw ang issue I saw that one on the news... It was former Real Madrid player Roberto Carlos...
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Post by takernz on Jun 24, 2011 18:39:26 GMT 8
There a news about a Brazilian who was thrown a piece of banana by an unknown culprit in a game in Russia. Racist daw ang issue I saw that one on the news... It was former Real Madrid Roberto Carlos... Yes that's him. after that he walks out the pitch in disappointment. Kawalang respeto ang nambato sa kanya, or maybe inggit kasi walang magaling na footballer na Russian na kasing galing ni Carlos
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Post by GerardoDCA on Jun 24, 2011 19:00:43 GMT 8
Look at the African countries, they are worse off than us economically yet they are competitive in football because top clubs in Europe go scouting in those places looking for talents as young as 14 to develop in their academies. In return those countries have a pool of well-trained and experienced players to choose from for their national teams. Well I fnd this statement a little bit misleading.. Poor teenagers in Africa and South America don't go to school, instead they play football EVERYDAY because football is the number 1 sport there.. There are lot of poor teenagers in the philippines too, but they don't play football everyday; most of them don't know how to play it or prefer to play basketball (a sport that has no future in the Philippines). Most of the teenagers in the Philippines just hang in the streets and do nothing.. For me, THAT'S the main problem. Poor teenagers from Brazil can easily get in to a professional footballclub like Santos Or Sao Paulo or Corinthians if they are skilled. Most of them are very skilled, this is a result of playing football in the streets for years.. What I'm trying to say is that if we could get our teenagers a place were they can play football and try to convince them that they could have a bright future in football, more talents will arise.. Please correct me if you think I'm wrong
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Post by fadzki on Jun 24, 2011 19:14:15 GMT 8
I saw this news ones about good young African players who were scouted by an illegal African talent scout and promises the poor guy all nice stuff like being able to get a try-out with English Premier League Clubs... and when they get to England there was no try-out set-up and the guy is abandoned and forced to live on the streets.... a real sad story...
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Post by narko on Jun 25, 2011 2:11:57 GMT 8
Look at the African countries, they are worse off than us economically yet they are competitive in football because top clubs in Europe go scouting in those places looking for talents as young as 14 to develop in their academies. In return those countries have a pool of well-trained and experienced players to choose from for their national teams. Well I fnd this statement a little bit misleading.. Poor teenagers in Africa and South America don't go to school, instead they play football EVERYDAY because football is the number 1 sport there.. There are lot of poor teenagers in the philippines too, but they don't play football everyday; most of them don't know how to play it or prefer to play basketball (a sport that has no future in the Philippines). Most of the teenagers in the Philippines just hang in the streets and do nothing.. For me, THAT'S the main problem. Poor teenagers from Brazil can easily get in to a professional footballclub like Santos Or Sao Paulo or Corinthians if they are skilled. Most of them are very skilled, this is a result of playing football in the streets for years.. What I'm trying to say is that if we could get our teenagers a place were they can play football and try to convince them that they could have a bright future in football, more talents will arise.. Please correct me if you think I'm wrong You are correct in that a lot of the kids here don't do anything productive at all, much less play football. However, there are kids that do play football in this country too, and it is important that a program needs to be established to build on that base. Secondly, that's what the grassroots program is supposed to be, to provide a platform for these kids to hone their skills and showcase them. I'm not making a direct comparison between Africa/South America and Philippines, just pointing where it could lead to if we get our act together here and set up the proper infrastructure and system that would ensure sustainable and progressive development of football in this country.
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Post by narko on Jun 25, 2011 2:18:24 GMT 8
I saw this news ones about good young African players who were scouted by an illegal African talent scout and promises the poor guy all nice stuff like being able to get a try-out with English Premier League Clubs... and when they get to England there was no try-out set-up and the guy is abandoned and forced to live on the streets.... a real sad story... Unfortunately, this is the dark side to this scouting and recruitment. It is a lucrative business as a promising prospect gets a chance to be a pro footballer in Europe and earn decent money for himself and his family back in Africa (not to mention his recruiter's commission), and where there's money to be made you can be sure that unscrupulous individuals or even criminal syndicates can't be far behind. This phenomenon is viewed as a migratory labor issue and studies have been made about its effects on African youth and their communities, both the positive and the negative aspects.
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Post by Ka Roger on Jun 27, 2011 21:55:41 GMT 8
Poor teenagers in Africa and South America don't go to school, instead they play football EVERYDAY because football is the number 1 sport there.. There are lot of poor teenagers in the philippines too, but they don't play football everyday; most of them don't know how to play it or prefer to play basketball (a sport that has no future in the Philippines) Amen. really nailed that thing to the wall.
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Post by jimsar on Jun 28, 2011 2:46:24 GMT 8
What I'm trying to say is that if we could get our teenagers a place were they can play football and try to convince them that they could have a bright future in football, more talents will arise... I can't help but think of the Dominican Republic and the number of players it has contributed to the USA's Minor as well as Major League baseball. I've seen video clips of impoverished kids playing barefoot with makeshift balls, hoping to escape someday and make it big in America. It has it's parallel in African football.
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Post by GerardoDCA on Jun 28, 2011 2:58:55 GMT 8
Exactly. If we can make the kids in the Philippines crazy about football, then maybe we can do this too in the future. IMO any Filipino who will make it in the future (as a succesful businessman or something else that makes a lot of money) AND has love for football should invest in Philippine football, even if it's only keeping the kids of the streets by playing football Maybe I'm being too optimistic now, but a man can have dreams
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