And again today.

https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/sudbury/sport/his-past-was-at-pro-clubs-but-afc-wowed-club-s-latest-signin-9384805/

Joe Taylor, Fletcher, Ben. Bit of a pattern developing?

Quote from: Pink on September 20, 2024, 09:42:28 PM

Never a dull moment at Kings Lynn FC....Lakeland mentioning some off field issues that they have had to get their heads around.......
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Seems strange to bring it to supporters attention, but then appears unwilling to share with them what was tough about his week.   

Intriguing? I wonder, could it be a Joe issue? Perhaps at long last he will put his head above the parapet?

Academies and “local lads” don’t work at this level because if they are good enough they will be picked off by bigger clubs, which most are, at the level we’re trying to achieve.  That system would only work if the crowd are happy to simply be better than Wisbech!

Local lads can work at this level. Jack Defty in his prime could definitely have played regularly. For those of a certain vintage i ask the question: who would you rather have leading the attack, Gold or Big Jack?!

Quote from: peter on September 15, 2024, 09:23:01 AM

My first visit this season and my last. It was schoolboy football.Are they really full time and if they are what is the manager doing with them?
We have a great lump of a "centre forward" that is unable to get off the ground and gets pushed off the ball all the time, did we get him at a discount?.
This was rubbish, a relegation looking side.
I paid £19 for a seat it was not merchantable quality and I want my money back!!!

It sounds like you think it's Waitrose prices with Aldi quality?

Harrods prices!

One key thing that I feel has been missed under the current Chairman's reign is the importance of a few local lads in the squad, that the Lynn faithful can relate to as one of their own.......looking back at times when there was a greater sense of community within the club, there was always at least one or two....Richard Johnston,Keith Rudd,Freddie Easthall, Mark Howard,Kevin Ready,Clive Adams, Neil Fryatt etc etc. Developing some local players through the academy and getting them playing in the eleven not only builds the link to the town, it also puts a few hundred on the gate. It's why it such a shame when local talent is missed or not nurtured and the likes of Sports or Corby or much bigger fish (Aldershot, Luton etc ) benefit.

Pink, music to my ears!

In my opinion our chairman / owner has no real affinity with the town or club. His strategy is less about building an entity that connects with the local community but much more about pursuing a personal vanity project: as the owner of course he is perfectly entitled to do that.
    Don't overlook the fact that in reality we were a consolation prize, with Wrexham initially being his preferred option. How they must now be regretting rejecting his overtures?!
     I would love to go back to the days when local boys with ability gravitated to and were welcomed by their home down club, usually graduating from the 'A' team through the reserves and some, in addition to those you mention, like the Defty brothers and going much further back Mick Rains and Simon Bush, graduating to the first team. When they kissed the badge, they meant it !! Nowadays we recruit amongst others a player who failed last season at two National League clubs, so was pleased to 'come home'. I don't blame him but i would suspect the main attraction was retaining his full time status? Which surely calls into question the overall value of full time at this level when the majority of the competition are part time? An unproven theory but i believe that at our current level you are more likey to get players who are not wholly financially dependent on football to be more committed and perhaps play as much for the love of the game as the money?

For me supporting the club in those bygone days meant so much more. Maybe it is a generational thing and i acknowledge that it is impractical to have a predominantly local squad at this level but we now seem to discourage rather than encourage local talent unless they come through the academy.

Personally, i wish that i could turn the Linnet clock back!

Apparently, there’s lots of money to be made from Academies.

This must be the primary motivator??? I can recall a time when we had a reserve team, most of which was made up of local lads who had started playing in local leagues, several of whom made it through to the first team. That route was seemingly far more productive in bringing players through than the current academy set up. Setch at Corby is to a degree now fulfilling that role, so i wonder if this is where Ben might be headed?