Blackpool's remarkable youth team

[GynnSquarePhoenix]

Great quote from Manager Murphy :

"Tonight I was sat in one of the most comfortable chairs I’ve ever seen. I didn’t want to get up. It moves forward, it moves back, it reclines and it heats as well. And yet on Saturday I was stood in a puddle."

[whitstabletangerine]

Well they did a little better than the first team when they last visited the Emirates.

They did really well to get as far as they did, perhaps next season different circumstances and they may go even further.

[tangerine77]

(16-04-2018 19:04)seasider Wrote:  Worried I'm going to get Arsenal emails now. Can't see a way of editing marketing preferences or cancelling.

Your missus will give you a kicking if she finds out, best change your password.

[tangerine77]

Anyway, remarkable run for a team that will have practically no funding.

[sudds green]

Wonderful effort from lads who we'll never see in tangerine as adults.
I work in an area of the (mainly) public sector where retention, as opposed to recruitment, is a problem.
Underfunding, poor facilities, health and safety continually compromised, staff overlooked and undervalued by the powers that be, leads to many seeking alternative employment.
John Murphy's comment comparing puddles and executive seats sums up our predicament.
Best of luck, boys, in your careers.

[Lincolnshireseasider91]

(17-04-2018 09:04)sudds green Wrote:  Wonderful effort from lads who we'll never see in tangerine as adults.
I work in an area of the (mainly) public sector where retention, as opposed to recruitment, is a problem.
Underfunding, poor facilities, health and safety continually compromised, staff overlooked and undervalued by the powers that be, leads to many seeking alternative employment.
John Murphy's comment comparing puddles and executive seats sums up our predicament.
Best of luck, boys, in your careers.

Exactly other than "having a good unit of friends and working well together" why else would they want to stay here above youth level?

We have a past of letting our top young talent leave after youth level
Telford,Waddington,Hunt,Bright,Higham etc ..