Quote Originally Posted by MikeSB View Post
Oh I should have added that we can have academy players here for 15 years and yet AM can say that some or most of them are not suitable for the first team and need to get out and play some 'mens' football in non league etc.

So the logic of that is why spend millions on academies and wait donkeys years to see if they are suitable when you can see thousands of players now today across the world of the right age group. OK some will argue that doing that would cost the club more money and then the question remains in HOW can non league afford most of their players and not even full time? Some will have benefactors but most don't..

Just to say that IF our club needs all these managers, why not get rid of the Pros and sign one or two more mangers and get them to play the matches...Win all round and they know the game better don't they...

I have to add that Garry Player one of the top Golfers the world has ever seen said when a coach can play Golf better than him, he will listen to them..OK a bit of a laugh but many top sportsmen have gone to the dogs the minute they took on a coach and that is true...Because they will try and alter the players basic instinct and natural ability and that is fact not opinion if anyone wants to look....Check the Wimbledon match courts to see where all the wear on the grass is after a few days...All behind the baseline and the rest of the court as green as grass! . Facts again, not opinion!
Re the tennis. Why do you think that is the case Mike?
I’ll tell you.
The grass is different to the era of Laver, Newcombe etc, slower. The balls are of a reduced pressure, hence slower. This means that the returner has more time to play a passing shot. If you try to play a serve volley game you will be passed on most points and lose.
And that’s not taking into account the improvement in racquet technology and increase in size.
But don’t let the facts get in the way.