Adster Posted 15 June 2017 Posted 15 June 2017 Quote A Spanish youth coach is sacked after his team wins 25-0 39 minutes ago From the section European Football The coach of a Spanish youth team has been sacked after a 25-0 win - because the club's management decided the margin of victory went against the spirit of the game. After defeating fellow Valencia side Benicalap C on 3 June, Serranos B's under-11 manager was removed from his position. "We believe in encouraging respect for your opponents. After the result, we decided that the manager should leave," Pablo Alcaide, who helps run the side, told El Pais. However, the Spanish newspaper also published comments from the manager's lawyer, who insisted his client had not pushed players to score as many as they could. The manager instead instructed his side "to pressure only in their own half" in the eight-a-side game, but Benicalap C "continued to attack and left spaces in behind", the lawyer said. The game was Benicalap C's final match of the season. They finished bottom of the league with zero points and 247 goals conceded from their 30 matches. El Pais reports that such one-sided scores are not infrequent in Spanish youth football, but many clubs stop counting once they have scored more than 10 goals. The English FA's latest guidance to youth coaches, published in 2012, is designed to "challenge the win-at-all-costs mentality that is stifling development and enjoyment for young people". www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40289256 It'd be interesting to see peoples views on this. Do you think this is disrespecting the opposing team? Or simply asserting their dominance?
Dan Posted 15 June 2017 Posted 15 June 2017 When the other side has lost 30 out of 30 with 247 goals conceded I'm inclined to think the problem is at their end.
Adster Posted 15 June 2017 Author Posted 15 June 2017 1 minute ago, Dan LCFC said: When the other side has lost 30 out of 30 with 247 goals conceded I'm inclined to think the problem is at their end. My thought exactly. It's not the managers fault the opposing team is a steaming pile of shit.
Stadt Posted 15 June 2017 Posted 15 June 2017 I know somebody who played a team of players with learning difficulties and they beat them 9-0
Corky Posted 15 June 2017 Posted 15 June 2017 If I was in the opposition, I'd prefer being thrashed like that to them taking their foot off the gas and not trying so hard out of "respect". It's going to be depressing either way, at least you can say the other team kept going until the end instead of feeling sorry for you.
Beliall Posted 15 June 2017 Posted 15 June 2017 1 hour ago, Wookie said: I know somebody who played a team of players with learning difficulties and they beat them 9-0 man U v ipswich? bit harsh mate
MPH Posted 15 June 2017 Posted 15 June 2017 im not sure which i would find most insulting as an opposition player - losing 25-0 or everyone saying " well done keep going' when you are 10-0 down after 25 minutes...
fazzyfox Posted 15 June 2017 Posted 15 June 2017 If Kane hadn't had the Golden Boot in his thoughts Spurs could settled for 4-1 against us. Pottechino out!
Nalis Posted 15 June 2017 Posted 15 June 2017 3 hours ago, MPH said: im not sure which i would find most insulting as an opposition player - losing 25-0 or everyone saying " well done keep going' when you are 10-0 down after 25 minutes... This. Also, Id be offended if I knew the opposition stopped trying.
Lovejoy Posted 16 June 2017 Posted 16 June 2017 Raises more questions about the league structure in youth football than anything else. I think a team conceding 247 goals in 30 games will have probably already lost enjoyment.
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