Oakwood

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Winning doesn’t always equal development.

OW 2013 boys lost 15-1...it's not development. It's a waste of time for all parties involved.

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Them Jersey boys will really be dancing and singing this week. This wasn’t the only drubbing.

This problem of too many kids playing up at OW is at every age group. The only way they fix this is to hold a mid-season tryout and bring the STA coaches in. I don’t know what this club’s problem is, just because someone got a handout before doesn’t mean they still deserve to be there. You can see it at every practice for most.

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Wasn’t someone saying a few pages ago the best kids at each age group weren’t even playing together. Probably something to that other than a view from a scorned soccer mom. Seems like maybe this will be a worse train wreck than what was under prior owners. Buckle up.

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OW 2013 boys lost 15-1...it's not development. It's a waste of time for all parties involved.

You have to be joking. If not, someone should get a tape down to NJ immediately. FSA 2013 isn’t that good.

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OW 2013 boys lost 15-1...it's not development. It's a waste of time for all parties involved.

That might qualify as child abuse actually. No kid should be in a situation like that. This will happen all season if FSA did that.

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How long before the league steps in? This isn’t U9 where kids are still learning how to play. Doing tryouts this week might be the solution. Our team is filled with short and fast midfielders - fantastic for our midfield. But that doesn’t really work at striker and in defense when they get pushed around in NEAL. We know there are some strong players available at the club for this age group. They use to practice with us last year.

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What does a dying club sound like on the inside?

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Midfield dad is too funny. If your kids team lost 15-1 your midfield is just as awful as your strikers and defense....15-1 has nothing to do with coaching. Simply a lack of talent

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I mean ow top lost and tied fsa 2013 twice so….

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OW 2013 boys lost 15-1...it's not development. It's a waste of time for all parties involved.

Everyone knows that’s oakwoods weak class. It’s a bunch of travel players.

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Everyone knows that’s oakwoods weak class. It’s a bunch of travel players.

The reason 2013 OW is weak is a large chunk of these players are 2014. This leaves them grasping for low level players to field a second team instead of a strong team of age-appropriate players. Playing up should be a privilege for 1 maybe 2 kids per age group and even then should be contingent on their actual contribution. A top player who is younger is expected be more agile than all players one year older, what else do you bring to the table? If they also don’t ooze soccer IQ, then you don’t belong there. Most of the 2014’s playing at OW 2013 struggle with soccer IQ. Building out of the back and switching fields are foreign concepts driven by luck on each possession. Nowhere close to understanding rotations. Kick and run. Dribble till you fail. That’s what’s happening east of the river.

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Too many kids playing up across 2013 and 2014, bending to the crazy parents. IMO Should be no more than 3 playing up per age, max. Training with the older group is still reasonable and will help individual development but the whole current model is unsustainable.

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The reason 2013 OW is weak is a large chunk of these players are 2014. This leaves them grasping for low level players to field a second team instead of a strong team of age-appropriate players. Playing up should be a privilege for 1 maybe 2 kids per age group and even then should be contingent on their actual contribution. A top player who is younger is expected be more agile than all players one year older, what else do you bring to the table? If they also don’t ooze soccer IQ, then you don’t belong there. Most of the 2014’s playing at OW 2013 struggle with soccer IQ. Building out of the back and switching fields are foreign concepts driven by luck on each possession. Nowhere close to understanding rotations. Kick and run. Dribble till you fail. That’s what’s happening east of the river.

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This is a B team people are talking about.? Jeez. Who cares? B teams everywhere are basically there for their check writing ability. No one cares about anyone's B team ever. Not even the club owners. Just keep the roster spots full of tuition paying customers. That is it

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This is a B team people are talking about.? Jeez. Who cares? B teams everywhere are basically there for their check writing ability. No one cares about anyone's B team ever. Not even the club owners. Just keep the roster spots full of tuition paying customers. That is it

Their other A teams got blown out at 2013 and 2014 levels as well this weekend. It’s all interconnected because they’ve kneeled to a bunch of families of younger players and it’s perpetuated on down for each age group.