You make his life hell until he chucks them.
Just think, what if he became a massive superstar for them and won them all sorts of euro trophies, leagues and cups regularly scoring and winning against the Dons... how could you live with yourself? would you happily jog along with your butcher's apron and get up to your knees etc. Vomit.
I suppose one consolation might be that you would head off to the Bears den and give us some respite from your constant negativity
If you seen him play, you would know I am certainly not on the wind up. I have had other coaches tell me that players of their team are being watched etc and in a match around a month ago a team had two of their midfielders being scouted…they didn’t get near him. Football is a simple game, it’s only the coaches who aren’t that brave that make it more complicated than necessary. I prefer the attitude of trying to out score the opposing team. I will not encourage my lad to go to a team who set up to play counter attacking football. It’s all that is wrong with the modern game as the vast majority of teams who play that way are dross.
Best advice I can give is to stick in with his studies but to try to enjoy his football at the same time. Scouting networks cast their nets far and wide for obvious reasons. The percentage of those that actually make it is tiny. All the stars have to align to make it as a professional footballer and more beyond that to earn a decent living. It’s great to have aspirations but he should be equally aware that there are many, many other options if he doesn’t make it as a professional footballer and that statistics tell us that most don’t.
Hmmm, local press now at stage 2 of the signing process.
1/ Get all signings in by pre-season
2/ All target signings impressed* but haven't actually signed yet.
3/ Probably includes the phrase " narrowly missed out on"
* impressed with Cormack Park apparently , but most think that naming a training ground after yourself is a bit naff.
Reminds me a little of the business plan* I put together which so impressed my bank manager all those years ago.
1/ Collect underpants
2/ ?????? **
3/ Profit
* with thanks to South Park
** I'm still at stage 2
Millwall allegedly offering £1.5m for Ferguson.
That’ll be laughed out of court but considering how p!sh he was last season it’s probably a fair offer.