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did anyone listen to Talk Sport within the hour where this guy rang them up to say his 14 year old boy who had been with Brentford for 4 years had just been told he was to short as Brentford only want "6 footers" so his son was let go from the club, his dad said he has the skill and this was told to him by who ever runs the SOE but the manager only wants tall players even If they don't have the skill. Talksport presenters said this may be just to ease the lad as not to hurt him in the long run but the dad finally went on to say that the chap who runs SOE (no names) has 2 years left and he will be leaving the club as he is also not happy about this:(:sad:
 

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Sounds a bit of a tall story to me..
 

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I know Ray Lewington was reluctant to play Tabby because of his size when he was starting out.
 

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Two words just for reference..........

CRAIG RAVENSCROFT.

The first and only Black Hobbit in this country
to play professional football. Respect.
 

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In a lot of youth football, height, strength and power are starting to be picked over raw technical ability... leading to coaches to pick players that look like they might be good, but are actually pony
 

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...................the big kid is always centre half............................
 

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Paul Walker was a giant in his bees shirt.fact i m o
 

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bees66 said:
did anyone listen to Talk Sport within the hour where this guy rang them up to say his 14 year old boy who had been with Brentford for 4 years had just been told he was to short as Brentford only want "6 footers" so his son was let go from the club, his dad said he has the skill and this was told to him by who ever runs the SOE but the manager only wants tall players even If they don't have the skill. Talksport presenters said this may be just to ease the lad as not to hurt him in the long run but the dad finally went on to say that the chap who runs SOE (no names) has 2 years left and he will be leaving the club as he is also not happy about this:(:sad:
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Our youth teams in the last few seasons,judging by the results and FA youth cup runs seem to be pretty strong.

Perhaps the bloke may be upset that his son is just not good enough :idea:
 

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Brentford St George said:
Our youth teams in the last few seasons,judging by the results and FA youth cup runs seem to be pretty strong.:
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Not sure about that if you read the recent programme notes.

The kid is 14 so this is Barry Quinn's area of responsibility..I doubt we are getting the full picture.
 

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Ronan said:
In a lot of youth football, height, strength and power are starting to be picked over raw technical ability... leading to coaches to pick players that look like they might be good, but are actually pony
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So much then for the bright future of English football. Most of the Spanish midfield last night (Iniesta, Xavi, Siva ) were midgets and Villa isn't exactly Tarzan. They really struggled didn't they. Also if he's referring to the manager as AS then I can hardly see this as being the case.
 

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bees66 said:
the dad finally went on to say that the chap who runs SOE (no names) has 2 years left and he will be leaving the club as he is also not happy about this:(:sad:
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lol So unhappy that he's prepared to go against his principles and work out his contract rather than look elsewhere.
 

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Jimbee said:
lol So unhappy that he's prepared to go against his principles and work out his contract rather than look elsewhere.
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both presenters on TS seemed to think the height and him leaving was just to smooth his sons and the dads rejection...
 

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I can't believe that Barry Quinn would be able to reject someone based on height and keep a straight face.

I understood that height was the reason why Jay Tabb was booted out of the Palace scheme and rescued for BFC by John Griffin.
 

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Agree that this sounds like a way of letting him down gently. Surely at 14 he still has some growing to do, I was the shortest of all my mates till I was about 16, now I'm over 6'1!
 

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So how many kids are 6 foot tall at 14? Don't believe it - is it a way of letting him down gently, or is it a radio troll?
 

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blunstone said:
letting people go is the hardest job in management ---- probably had to give the dad a reason.
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not true, the hardest job is trying to change the top row of lightbulbs in the floodlight pylon, when it's peeing down with rain, in mid February....my hands were frozen and my harness a little loose, but I got the job done, without merging with anyone.

SCOTT OUT !
 

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SmiffyBee said:
not true, the hardest job is trying to change the top row of lightbulbs in the floodlight pylon, when it's peeing down with rain, in mid February....my hands were frozen and my harness a little loose, but I got the job done, without merging with anyone.

SCOTT OUT !
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I thought that was taffs job :nono:
 

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So how tall is Charlie Mac then:confused: he's good and in the team isn't he;)

There has to be more to this than we are being told :nono:
 

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WarrenBee said:
Tabb, Hunt, Evans & Sinton to name but a few who did ok.

:wave: :wave:
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Terry Evans was fairly tall though.

I would agree with BSG, surely the dad is a little sore at the decision and has changed the words around a bit to ease the pain.
KetteringBee does it, we all do it, he started a thread saying that his friend was looking for an internet knee trembler whereas I don't know if that is the whole truth. Perhaps his friend wants one and maybe he does too, possibly this lad was small and crap and only skillful in his dad's eyes. Perhaps he will win the Coca Cola keepy uppy thing for the next 20 years but can't pass or run with the ball. I think we all should leave KetteringBee alone and also leave the SOE alone.
 

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SmiffyBee said:
not true, the hardest job is trying to change the top row of lightbulbs in the floodlight pylon, when it's peeing down with rain, in mid February....my hands were frozen and my harness a little loose, but I got the job done, without merging with anyone.
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Thats not a management job

Its the monkey's not the organ grinder's
 

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SmiffyBee said:
not true, the hardest job is trying to change the top row of lightbulbs in the floodlight pylon, when it's peeing down with rain, in mid February....my hands were frozen and my harness a little loose, but I got the job done, without merging with anyone.

SCOTT OUT !
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Are you saying the duff bulbs have been replaced at last? :bound:
 

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Having seen a lot of academy football recently i can say that they are all beasts but the best ones who are small still get in the team. Academy players tend to have it all pace, strength, a good touch and skill, obviously these are the ones with a future in the game.
 
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