by Dave » 10 Dec 2014, 19:33
Heard a rumour from a little greek birdy a few weeks ago Grimes was being sold, and a large part of the money was going to be spent on a 3G training pitch at their training ground, interesting to see if that comes true.
Whether we like it or not, when it comes to developing local/Devon born talent Exeter are top of the pile, they are better than Plymouth in that respect, rivalry aside it's just the plain simple truth. I've been accused of having a grudge against our academy in the past which is not the case, I'm delighted to see the improvements made from the early days back 2007 when our youth set up re-started and they played their match's at Stover with two mini soccer goals tied together, and used to get roundly stuffed even once losing 14.0 to Elite develop centre team, our academy today is light years better.
But it still lags so far behind, and the chance of progression will only be hindered by being a non-league club. The main gripe I've got is the way local talent seems to be passed over at our set up, I can tell you, and I do know the lad personally, a particular player released last January at 16 ( will not name him ) is playing the full 90 minutes for Buckland tonight v Plymouth Argyle in the bowl match, the lad is paid by Buckland and has had provisional trials with Plymouth Argyle, the lad should have been kept, as should a couple of others, but hey they weren't, could go on for ages, but I'll spare you all.
Heard a rumour from a little greek birdy a few weeks ago Grimes was being sold, and a large part of the money was going to be spent on a 3G training pitch at their training ground, interesting to see if that comes true.
Whether we like it or not, when it comes to developing local/Devon born talent Exeter are top of the pile, they are better than Plymouth in that respect, rivalry aside it's just the plain simple truth. I've been accused of having a grudge against our academy in the past which is not the case, I'm delighted to see the improvements made from the early days back 2007 when our youth set up re-started and they played their match's at Stover with two mini soccer goals tied together, and used to get roundly stuffed even once losing 14.0 to Elite develop centre team, our academy today is light years better.
But it still lags so far behind, and the chance of progression will only be hindered by being a non-league club. The main gripe I've got is the way local talent seems to be passed over at our set up, I can tell you, and I do know the lad personally, a particular player released last January at 16 ( will not name him ) is playing the full 90 minutes for Buckland tonight v Plymouth Argyle in the bowl match, the lad is paid by Buckland and has had provisional trials with Plymouth Argyle, the lad should have been kept, as should a couple of others, but hey they weren't, could go on for ages, but I'll spare you all.
