the bottom line is
that without grass-roots clubs like Maidstone Smalling would have been lost to football.
The irony of all the big clubs (and their fabled Academy set-ups) failing to spot his talent and then one of them taking advantage of his late development says much about modern-day footie.
Posted By: jayson blair on March 17th 2010 at 21:00:18
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- Football is amoral (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 17, 20:15:45
- and he wonders why he can't get a passport (n/m) (Other Football) - Army Boy, Mar 17, 20:35:10
- Mossad could get him one (n/m) (Other Football) - CB41, Mar 17, 20:36:15
- Fulham make a 6.88m profit on a player they have plucked out of non league (Other Football) - Klobo04, Mar 17, 20:27:10
- sell on clause? (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 17, 20:33:27
- he was poached while still a schoolboy (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 17, 20:41:55
- And even more damning (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 17, 20:45:12
- is that damning? (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 17, 20:46:37
- damning in that (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 17, 20:56:18
- the bottom line is (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 17, 21:00:18
- the bigger clubs seem adament that they don't need the grass roots clubs (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 17, 21:08:16
- cobblers, spelling's gone to pot (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 17, 21:30:11
- the bigger clubs seem adament that they don't need the grass roots clubs (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 17, 21:08:16
- the bottom line is (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 17, 21:00:18
- damning in that (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 17, 20:56:18
- is that damning? (Other Football) - SCC 28, Mar 17, 20:46:37
- And even more damning (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 17, 20:45:12
- There was no sell on clause negotiated (Other Football) - Klobo04, Mar 17, 20:39:21
- weird, it's not like a big club to screw over their poorer brethren (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 17, 20:46:08
- As JB says above... (Other Football) - Klobo04, Mar 17, 20:48:03
- they could, but they probably think "we don't have to, so why should we?" (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 17, 20:51:53
- As JB says above... (Other Football) - Klobo04, Mar 17, 20:48:03
- weird, it's not like a big club to screw over their poorer brethren (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 17, 20:46:08
- he was poached while still a schoolboy (Other Football) - jayson blair, Mar 17, 20:41:55
- sell on clause? (n/m) (Other Football) - Worzel Scrimmage, Mar 17, 20:33:27
- and he wonders why he can't get a passport (n/m) (Other Football) - Army Boy, Mar 17, 20:35:10
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