Quote: Montyburns "All I’m saying his that’s its diabolical that we can’t field a team to compete to many outsiders in the team this is my opinion some might not agree but as a past player I know how I felt to play yoy at to be on top of your game to get picked. This is what I’m getting at if we don’t do it proper then why bother playing with 11 lads every week will surely dishearten the lads that want to make a go off it we need to make sure of numbers before making fixtures. Who’s idea was it to organise a fixture knowing we was light of players surely common sense should prevail'"
Your point proves just how backwards the game has gone,an accumulation of faults, ignorance and basically bad management all round.
The youth aspect in all of this was always going to come back and bite the sport.
The time for building bridges and investing in Clubs futures are now and can only be done via youth. But again its re-building and is a slow process for that reason.
The youth became collateral damage and there's many who can be blamed for that. Its the Clubs that need to get on board and pick the pieces up again. Or as Bullseye says, it will die.