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| 81. Author: Alter Ego Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 16:45 Buffy, Sorry I meant watching the teams that play down Pitreavie on a sat/sunday. There is also similar set ups throughout Fife and Central like the Soccer 7`s that a vast amount of age groups/different teams play each other. I have been at Pitreavie for the past 7 years and cannot remember seeing a pars scout watching games. Mon the Pars! Reply |
| 82. Author: buffy Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 17:34 Ah I see, no worries. ”Buffy’s Buns are the finest in Fife”, J. Spence 2019” Reply |
| 83. Author: Dave_1885 Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 19:11 Alter Ego, Thu 11 Apr 16:45 Thats cause he’s too busy working on his touch for the warm up at East End 🙄 Reply |
| 84. Author: GG Riva Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 19:16 LochgellyAlbert, Thu 11 Apr 11:08 I think KRH told me was at Man City for 10 years before moving to Rangers. How old is he now? 21/22. He must have been just out of nappies when he joined City...... 😃  Not your average Sunday League player. Reply |
| 85. Author: Alter Ego Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 21:05 He probably would have been 8/9 years old GG. Don’t get me wrong you can see certain skills/running at that age which if you took those players into an academy but they need coaching at the highest level…. Now some of those players will be let go as normal players for their teams have improved… I would say pro youth teams aren’t allowed to pick up players till under 14 level and if they do these players work as an apprentice helping all aspects at the academy during their training etc. Mon the Pars! Reply |
| 86. Author: desparado Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 21:27 LochgellyAlbert, Thu 11 Apr 11:08 A lot of clubs are picking up players now at 8/9 years of age, how they spot them at that age I don`t know. There are three players in my sons team….aged 9…..that look really good and I will be very surprised if they are not picked up by someone soon … a Hibs/Hearts for example….Pars ? Hope so but it seems we are still lacking in that department. Truth is, only about 1% of kids who sign up for professional teams academies actually go on to have a successful career in football. What an opportunity we missed in 2014. Reply |
| 87. Author: wee eck Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 22:23 We seem to have a good crop of young players just now. If our recruitment and scouting are so poor how have we managed to achieve that? Reply |
| 88. Author: desparado Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 22:38 Topic Originator: wee eck like Date: Thu 11 Apr 22:23 We seem to have a good crop of young players just now. If our recruitment and scouting are so poor how have we managed to achieve that? We certainly seem to be improving without doubt but in all my years following the Pars I think we have been pretty poor in our youth development. What an opportunity we missed in 2014. Reply |
| 89. Author: wee eck Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 22:57 Maybe that`s why the board decided it would be a good idea to have our own training ground and Academy! Reply |
| 90. Author: Rusty Shackleford Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 23:07 desparado, Thu 11 Apr 22:38 I was chatting to a pal recently and wondering whether pound for pound if we have the worst youth development record in Scotland for a club our size? Reply |
| 91. Author: desparado Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 23:07 I concur. It’s about time we had a conveyor belt of talent coming through the ranks. We have a few just now playing in the first team and a few more on the fringes, more than I can ever remember. Look forward to the day when we have 5/6 first team regulars who have come up through the ranks. And another 3/4 on the bench every week. What an opportunity we missed in 2014. Reply |
| 92. Author: Rusty Shackleford Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 23:07 I mean in the last few decades... This crop is the best in my lifetime supporting the pars since the 80s. Reply |
| 93. Author: Rusty Shackleford Date: Thu 11th Apr 2024. 23:08 desparado, Thu 11 Apr 23:07 Totally agree Reply |
| 94. Author: red-star-par Date: Fri 12th Apr 2024. 01:11 We have produced some half decent players over the last decade, Jordan White, Shaun Byrne, Callum Smith, Ross Millen, Lewis Martin, Lewis Milne, Kevin McHattie, PJ Crossan, Scott Mercer, Ryan Williamson, Lewis Spence. The first 4 there would have been positive additions to this year`s team, and some of the other are solid enough players. You can see how with a bit of investment into the Academy we could have a conveyor belt of kids coming through to the first team. Looks like there may be some gems coming through. It will be interesting to see who replaces Greg Shields, in my opinion they should have begged Stevie Crawford to come home Reply |
| 95. Author: Playup_Pompey Date: Fri 12th Apr 2024. 09:06 "We seem to have a good crop of young players just now. If our recruitment and scouting are so poor how have we managed to achieve that?" but only seeing that now as we start to move things back "in house" having significantly funded the centralised Fife Academy over the past decade  Reply |
| 96. Author: doctordandruff Date: Fri 12th Apr 2024. 09:32 Fife Elite Academy was hobbled by the political decision to build it in Glenrothes instead of the planned Pitreavie. Rosyth opens up the entire Central belt. Hopefully parents can look at KRH, Otoo etc and see what the club is about and base decisions on that rather than send their kids to the `Rangers East of Scotland` squad. Reply |
| 97. Author: Playup_Pompey Date: Fri 12th Apr 2024. 10:11 agreed, we still managed to see kids from Kelty etc go over to Hearts academy rather than the 10mins along to glenrothes for Fife Academy. Picking up players from SPFL/EPL/Championship academies and givnig them a chance is very much a framework to build on. Does need a core of experience in the squad as well though. Worked well with guys like Josh coming from Nike and supported with Geggan who had a bit more experience Reply |
| 98. Author: jake89 Date: Fri 12th Apr 2024. 10:40 It`s the problem with most things "Fife" that they assume putting it in Kirkcaldy/Glenrothes makes sense. Reply |
| 99. Author: WarringtonPar Date: Fri 12th Apr 2024. 16:41 Willie Callaghan (Cowdenbeath), Tom Callaghan (Cowdenbeath)John Lunn (Townhill), Jim Fraser (Burntisland) Alex Edwards (Rosyth) Bert Paton (Valleyfield) Jim Thomson (Dunfermline) The core of our greatest team ever were discovered locally. Dunfermline United produced Jim Leishman, Kenny Thomson, Jim Scott, Ian Campbell, Richard Campbell. If you have the facilities and the organisation there is no lack of talent in the area. Once we took our eye off the ball the likes of Gordon Durie, Steven Presley, Stevie Crawford, Maurice Malpas, Derek Stark all slipped the net. Establishing an effectively organised Youth Academy or training facility whatever you want to call it with a proper coaching structure will reap rewards for years even decades if the right commitment is there. Dunfermline/Rosyth had never had better transport connections. I think it’s the most exciting development for the Pars in a very long time. Reply |
| 100. Author: wee eck Date: Wed 17th Apr 2024. 06:24 On COWS James McPake is very enthusiastic about us now having our own training ground and reckons it provides a benefit in attracting players to the club. Reply |
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