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But it's a school for gods sake, and a crap one too

 

How many "quality" British Asian footballers are there in the entire football league? Why haven't Leicester, Birmingham or Blackburn brought through British Asian players?

Within those answers is also the answer to your question.

 

According to the BBC article on this they will be training at our training ground.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/58814061

Don't they know it's at a school? Not a chance they will be able to develop there.

 

Whoooooooooossssshhhhhhh

 

It's reminiscent of the Sol Campbell scenario where he thinks he has a right to a management role and its everyone else's fault he hasn't. Maybe like Campbell they just aren't good enough? But then that won't fit the narrative that some are deliberately looking for. I can't believe in this day and age clubs would turn away a potential asset if they were good enough, its completely illogical.

 

Its a fair idea but I don’t like the idea of exclusivity, as it appeared on the piece on the news last night. Why just south asians? Can kids from other backgrounds attend?

The idea probably fizzle out unless barriers within the own South Asian community can be broken down.

genuine question as really interested to know…are many Asians playing in the Junior local leagues? When i played 20 years ago there was one Asian lad in our team and one other lad in a league of about 12 teams.

is that still the case or are we getting the numbers in junior teams but they are dropping out before turning pro? Would really like to know. I hope things have changed.

 

@Fordy117 is busy signing a deal with the Club to be their official car washer. He will be on later to tell us all how Ozil doesn't know anything about football etc etc

 

The pathways are open and probably more open than they've ever been. The club even runs trials specifically targeted at young British Asians in the local areas around VP.

What do you want proving? Do you have a suggestion as to why there is such a dearth of young talent coming through from British Asian communities?

 

Those youngsters around the area will take more notice of a world known footballer than a league 2 football club. Sad in a way that someone who's never been here has that much sway but it's the world of social media influence we live in. That's not the fault of the club.

 

All quiet on the "Car Wash Front"

 

Riasa ? It's still there but because it's run by Mark Ellis it produces "Megga Players" rather than Mega Players.














I'll get me coat...........................

 

Me? I've no idea. That task is a full time role and one that up to press hasn't been fully answered.

Your original point was that it's "embarrassing that the club aren't sourcing these young British Asian players", I'm simply suggesting you're going way over the top and I imagine it's much more difficult than anyone making flippant comments on a forum realises.

The club are using precious resources and finances aimed at trying to create links and with that tap into the talent pool, of that there is no doubt. All you have to do is search the various social media platforms or look on the clubs own website from time to time.

 

Spend millions on developing a tiny amount of talent or put it into the first team squad. What's best eh ?

 

Well we could do with another number 10 if his charity work could extend to playing for us I’m sure they’d be plenty of youngsters inspired to play watching him at Valley Parade, gives him chance to really make a difference…

 

Great move this! Hopefully lets us get some diamonds

 

I would think they will have done their homework and are quite aware of the facilities at Woodhouse Grove , I would think with it being a share facility Woodhouse Grove would have had to given permission.

 

Whatever happened to the other organisation we were involved in that was going to produce mega players?

 

No idea why it took a German who once lived in London to think of something like this find it a bit embarrassing on the part of Bradford as a city and also find it a bit embarrassing on part of the club who have failed to unearth a single quality Asian player in decades seem to only hire kids from the same schools

 

Hamza Choudhury is Bangladeshi and is the obvious stand out but not many

How many young Asian kids are given the chance at the youngest level if the answer was quite a few but every single one washed out sooner or later then that would prove something to me but that's not the case