Sean Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambitious Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Are we a feeder team for Tamworth now? taffyram, ariotofmyown, rammieib and 20 others 1 2 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Sagan Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Well this is curious. Especially when we have no money. If we were riding high and wanting to expand the academy programme further I could understand it. RadioactiveWaste 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JfR Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Derby having a youth development centre at a club who are nicknamed the Lambs is perfect trekkie_ram, Rammy03, taffyram and 10 others 4 4 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Van der MoodHoover Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 We've shut Moor Farm, sold off the fixtures and fittings, and outsourced the production of future youth players to Tamworth. If outsourcing has worked for call centres I'm sure it will be fine for football clubs... ? Jourdan, 48 hours, taffyram and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NottsRam77 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 “Release” a few accademy players who just so happen to rock up at Tamworth .. get themselves a season of game time and to see if they earn their stripes for a certain parent… I mean random championship clubt o resign them when the dust settles ?? No too far fetched ? trekkie_ram, taffyram, Sweetness34 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uttoxram75 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 One for our man to look into @Tamworthram Tamworthram and jono 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) A very decent idea. Exchange of knowledge and experience between coaching staff, a place to accelerate our young players development by exposing them to men's football earlier than may normally be possible, and a chance for Tamworth's staff to possibly learn from a professional coaching team from a higher level. Win win. Edited July 22, 2021 by Rev jono, Old Sawley Popside, Reggie Greenwood and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramslad1992 Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 Can only see things like this being a good thing. We send some out our lads on loan to gain first team experience and we potentially get first dibs at any youngsters they have. taffyram 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
May Contain Nuts Posted July 22, 2021 Share Posted July 22, 2021 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Ramslad1992 said: Can only see things like this being a good thing. We send some out our lads on loan to gain first team experience and we potentially get first dibs at any youngsters they have. It is no bad thing to forge local links, however... I'm not trying to be negative but we're talking about the Southern League Premier Division Central (level 7, 3 levels below League 2) which is one level above Mickleover Sports in the Southern League Division One South. Sending our kids out on loan at that level tends to be last chance saloon for them in the hopes that they can forge out a career in football at all, even a semi pro one (see Jauvan Splatt who was loaned to Mickleover and now plays for Whitehawk FC in the Isthmian League South East Division, also level 8 ) but isn't something we're likely to do to give them senior football in the hopes that they may one day make our team. We're not looking at a Vardy situation here, snatched up from the National League (level 5), we might not even be looking at a Ben Pringle situation when we took him from Ilkeston (whatever level 'Non League Premier' was in 2008!) Edited July 22, 2021 by Coconut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellafella Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 7 hours ago, Ramslad1992 said: Can only see things like this being a good thing. We send some out our lads on loan to gain first team experience and we potentially get first dibs at any youngsters they have. …you mean aside from our future players all having a slight Brummay accent and saying “tarrarabit” at the end of training ? Reggie Greenwood and Boycie 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BathRam72 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 7 hours ago, Coconut said: It is no bad thing to forge local links, however... I'm not trying to be negative but we're talking about the Southern League Premier Division Central (level 7, 3 levels below League 2) which is one level above Mickleover Sports in the Southern League Division One South. Sending our kids out on loan at that level tends to be last chance saloon for them in the hopes that they can forge out a career in football at all, even a semi pro one (see Jauvan Splatt who was loaned to Mickleover and now plays for Whitehawk FC in the Isthmian League South East Division, also level 8 ) but isn't something we're likely to do to give them senior football in the hopes that they may one day make our team. We're not looking at a Vardy situation here, snatched up from the National League (level 5), we might not even be looking at a Ben Pringle situation when we took him from Ilkeston (whatever level 'Non League Premier' was in 2008!) Naysayer ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angieram Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 I wonder if that will extend to us playing our academy games there rather than at Loughborough University? Might be cheaper for us than hiring their facilities. Carl Sagan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Ellafella said: …you mean aside from our future players all having a slight Brummay accent and saying “tarrarabit” at the end of training ? Slightly odd that we are using a west mids team rather than a Derbyshire based outfit but there's obviously some reason for it. Ellafella 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jono Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) 5 minutes ago, kash_a_ram_a_ding_dong said: Slightly odd that we are using a west mids team rather than a Derbyshire based outfit but there's obviously some reason for it. It’s ok because I think they are both part of the kingdom of Mercia (according to FFP rules ) Edited July 23, 2021 by jono RoyMac5, uttoxram75, Jram and 4 others 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowplay Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 Perhaps with Brum no longer having an academy, Derby are wanting to fill that void? whiteroseram, kevinhectoring and Carnero 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hintonsboots Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 (edited) Has anyone famous ever come out of Tamworth, bar @Tamworthram Edited July 23, 2021 by hintonsboots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 17 minutes ago, hintonsboots said: Has anyone famous ever come out of Tamworth, bar @Tamworthram The mighty Wolfsbane. hintonsboots 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foreveram Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 18 minutes ago, hintonsboots said: Has anyone famous ever come out of Tamworth, bar @Tamworthram Sir Robert Peel twice Prime Minister and father of the modern police force and also happens to share his surname with me jono, hintonsboots and Ellafella 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheresOnlyWanChope Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 9 hours ago, Coconut said: It is no bad thing to forge local links, however... I'm not trying to be negative but we're talking about the Southern League Premier Division Central (level 7, 3 levels below League 2) which is one level above Mickleover Sports in the Southern League Division One South. Sending our kids out on loan at that level tends to be last chance saloon for them in the hopes that they can forge out a career in football at all, even a semi pro one (see Jauvan Splatt who was loaned to Mickleover and now plays for Whitehawk FC in the Isthmian League South East Division, also level 8 ) but isn't something we're likely to do to give them senior football in the hopes that they may one day make our team. We're not looking at a Vardy situation here, snatched up from the National League (level 5), we might not even be looking at a Ben Pringle situation when we took him from Ilkeston (whatever level 'Non League Premier' was in 2008!) Might be a good situation. Some of the scholars from teams like Tamworth were at clubs like Villa before or vice versa, when they're young, you could have SOME players of similar abilities playing for semi pro teams, college/school teams and academies of leading clubs. Development is key and some players develop late or just are not spotted by top clubs early on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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