23-12-2011, 08:42 AM
Calum,
I'm very disappointed at your comment calling the Brazilian and Argentinian players filler players.
Why you attempt to diminish the peformance of the World Youth squad I do not know? I truly don't see the
need for it??
If it's facts you like then take a look at the map in this link.
Europe is a filler for Brazil.
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Those who travelled from Argentina to play travelled thousands of miles to play. Would you call all ungraded players at the Euroyouth filler players?? because many ungraded players come from different countries but only travel a few hundred miles to play in the Euroyouth.
It's ridiculous that I have to state this but the Brazil results compare favourably with the results from Euroyouth and World Youth results over the last number of years. I suspect that the budget for Brazil was significantly less than the budget for the Euroyouth. Singling out the World Youth performance by those who seek to be coaches of the juniors is unhelpful and quite transparent. I'm going to make no further comparisons other than to say that anybody who wants to look at the results honestly and do an objective comaparison with other similar events knows the results were reasonable. There wasn't the budget for a travelling coach to go but I'm assuming the coaches posting here reckon the juniors would have done better if a coach went. What a 50% score instead of a near 40% score? Or perhaps higher? In which case we should definitely be sending squads to these events!
I think juniors who have graduated these tournaments and can't go to them anymore themselves shouldn't make negative comments about the performance of those who can still play the events.
I think you need to be involved with the juniors or be a parent of juniors who can still play these events to understand their value. I agree with Robin that we should at the very least take up all the free accomodation places on offer. I also stand by what I said earlier. If parents are confident that their child is good enough to enjoy these tournaments and don't mind the financial cost they should consider sending their child as a 2nd or 3rd choice to at least one of these events. They are quality events and the children do learn a great deal from going to them. I'm certain that Paul and Robin will tell a parent if they think a child isn't strong enough to enjoy the event and perhaps tell them what they need to do to become strong enough. Clearly a 500 grade at under 18 as Clement mentioned isn't strong enough. It's not haggling about the price it's more about having some common sense.
I'm very disappointed at your comment calling the Brazilian and Argentinian players filler players.
Why you attempt to diminish the peformance of the World Youth squad I do not know? I truly don't see the
need for it??
If it's facts you like then take a look at the map in this link.
Europe is a filler for Brazil.
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Those who travelled from Argentina to play travelled thousands of miles to play. Would you call all ungraded players at the Euroyouth filler players?? because many ungraded players come from different countries but only travel a few hundred miles to play in the Euroyouth.
It's ridiculous that I have to state this but the Brazil results compare favourably with the results from Euroyouth and World Youth results over the last number of years. I suspect that the budget for Brazil was significantly less than the budget for the Euroyouth. Singling out the World Youth performance by those who seek to be coaches of the juniors is unhelpful and quite transparent. I'm going to make no further comparisons other than to say that anybody who wants to look at the results honestly and do an objective comaparison with other similar events knows the results were reasonable. There wasn't the budget for a travelling coach to go but I'm assuming the coaches posting here reckon the juniors would have done better if a coach went. What a 50% score instead of a near 40% score? Or perhaps higher? In which case we should definitely be sending squads to these events!
I think juniors who have graduated these tournaments and can't go to them anymore themselves shouldn't make negative comments about the performance of those who can still play the events.
I think you need to be involved with the juniors or be a parent of juniors who can still play these events to understand their value. I agree with Robin that we should at the very least take up all the free accomodation places on offer. I also stand by what I said earlier. If parents are confident that their child is good enough to enjoy these tournaments and don't mind the financial cost they should consider sending their child as a 2nd or 3rd choice to at least one of these events. They are quality events and the children do learn a great deal from going to them. I'm certain that Paul and Robin will tell a parent if they think a child isn't strong enough to enjoy the event and perhaps tell them what they need to do to become strong enough. Clearly a 500 grade at under 18 as Clement mentioned isn't strong enough. It's not haggling about the price it's more about having some common sense.