Article on Ivory Coast academy that produced Wilfried Bony

[Dunny]

read and understand dunny ... our U20 team should not be made up of schoolboy footballers. that is not having a go at schoolboy football. As you say it is better than nothing.

schoolboy football is not good enough to complete at the u20 level internationally. that is basically the point. in a year or two maybe not even u17 and u15.

I did not know the composition of the u20 team. Why is it made up of schoolboys? 19 and 20 yrs old go to school?

[Assasin]

you make me laugh inna the afternoon here. Dcup and Manning up is a U19 competition in case you didn't know.

[Dunny]

you make me laugh inna the afternoon here. Dcup and Manning up is a U19 competition in case you didn't know.

was it the same when we were growing up Sass, what age were you when you left school?

[Assasin]

I was 16 when I left school. It was the same when we were in school. Hasn't change and that is my problem. At age 17 for a top baller he should be playing at higher standard. Yes not everybody will get the chance to move up but you have coach a tell man fi "come back next year", pretty much fi try and make school win.

[Dunny]

I was 16 when I left school. It was the same when we were in school. Hasn't change and that is my problem. At age 17 for a top baller he should be playing at higher standard. Yes not everybody will get the chance to move up but you have coach a tell man fi "come back next year", pretty much fi try and make school win.

NAME POS. CLUB
Dane-Andrew Chambers GK Harbour View FC
Nicholas Nelson GK United Futbol Academy (USA)
Rennico Clarke DEF Harbour View FC
Javaun Waugh DEF Portmore United
Shaquille Dyer DEF Arnett Gardens FC
Kyle Smith DEF Harbour View
Roberto Johnson DEF Portmore United
Kemo Gayle D.MID Portmore United
I’Ishmale Currie D.MID Portmore United
Ryan Miller D.MID Philadelphia Union Academy(USA)
Savian Maxwell D.MID Harbour View FC
John Luca Levee A.MID Gps Np Elite Academy (USA)
Rayon Swire A.MID Waterhouse FC
Cardel Benbow A.MID Waterhouse FC
Junior Flemmings A.MID J.C./Tivoli Gardens FC
Adrian Smart A.MID U Tech
Raffique Bryan A.MID Arnett Gardens FC
Daniel Roberts FOR Rivoli United FC
Javon East FOR Portmore United
Khallil Stewart FOR Ralph Lundy Soccer Academy (USA)

Sass this is the squad list that went to Venezuela on a tour prior to the u20 tournament. They all seem to play for clubs. So I am struggling to see the issue

[Bricktop]

ahmm...where were the players developed prior to being signed to these semi-pro clubs?

[Dunny]

ahmm...where were the players developed prior to being signed to these semi-pro clubs?

I assume the Harbour View players were developed in the Harbour View Junior ranks etc. I might be wrong

[Bricktop]

you damn well know they were developed in high schools playing manning cup

[Dunny]

you damn well know they were developed in high schools playing manning cup

Don't their clubs play a part in their development like the rest of the world?

[Gamma]

maybe he doesn't know.

anyway, let us for argument's sake say that they are with the clubs listed ..... look at the output! what difference did being with a club make? they could not compete with their contemporaries.

[Gamma]

and look at the product compared to what is being produced in the rest of the world?

please odn't put too much stock in that club thing. there is a reason for that .... and if you have had any dealings with jamaican clubs you could probably guess...

[Dunny]

The mighty USA have struggled as well and they have many academies

[Gamma]

rubber is sunday i think. let's talk afterwards to see if, as much as they have struggled, we can take them. as bad as they may be they at least look organised.

[Assasin]

Dunny these players can't play for club until after DCup season. Most are not playing for the club's first teams either. If the school have an important game some of the schools hide the players from national duties much less. Find out how many of these kids even start a game in the NPL.

[Don1]

Don't their clubs play a part in their development like the rest of the world?

LOL!

Manning Cup is better organized, generates more passion & commitment from players and is much better supported by fans than the so-called Premier League. That league is a joke

Without school ball, and if left to clubs alone, these kids would actually be worse off

What's needed is an extraction of the best youths from both school and club ball.... into an football academy development environment

It's not really complicated