 | Forum
Reply | why are all the kids from swansea joining up with cardif academies?
at 22:24 6 Mar 2014
All the kids are not.
My son is U8 and has been offered a place from both. He currently trains and plays with both. We live 5 minutes away from cardiff academy and are cardiff season ticket holders.
He will play and sign with Swansea next year as thats where he prefers playing. He prefers the style of play and the coaching is, for me anyway, better. Not that Cardiff is bad, but they coach individuals in Cardiff and a team in Swansea. There are 3 other kids in his age who have left cardiff to join swansea for similar reasons, 1 of which has also been offered a place in swansea next year.
There are a couple of kids in Cardiff from Swansea at u8 also, so its a two way street.
As for the ADC's that Cardiff have everywhere, they are not Cardiff City. Many parents think they are in the academy. You are not. If you train outdoors at u6 - u11 level on a friday night, you are playing for cardiff development centre part of Cardiff Community Foundation a charitable organisation that is more self interested than a feeder for the academy. The academy and ADC have a sometimes frosty relationship and you will almost never see an academy coach at an ADC scouting for players. You are paying for private coaching for someone who has loaned the Cardiff badge. |
| | chemical_ali
|
Site Scores| Forum Votes: | 0 | | Comment Votes: | 0 | | Prediction League: | 0 | | TOTAL: | 0 |
|
By continuing to use the site, you agree to our use of cookies and to abide by our Terms and Conditions.