Sperre für Drogba - Rüffel für Brooking

Vergessen wir die im vorigen Posting gestellte Frage. In Wahrheit bewegt den englischen Fan derzeit, nach nur 12 Saisonspielen, die Abstiegsfrage noch nicht wirklich.

Interessanter ist da schon die Diskussion um Didier Drogbas Münzenwurf: er warf bei Chelseas Ligacup-Spiel gegen Burnley eine Münze, die zuvor auf das Spielfeld geflogen war, zurück in den Sektor der Burnley-Anhänger. Nun droht ihm eine Sperre - voraussichtlich für drei Spiele.

Und West Ham-Legende Trevor Brooking (Bild), bei der englischen FA für die Jugend zuständig, beklagte sich, dass zuwenig für die Ausbildung der heimischen Fußballjugend getan werde.

In den Akademien der Klubs müssten die Engländer sich mit Talenten aus der ganzen Welt "matchen" und es kämen daher zu wenige "home grown talents" nach.

Brookings Traum:ein Expertenteam und Vollzeittrainer mit Youngsters aller Altersklassen in einem National Football Centre in Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, arbeiten zu lassen. Immerhin hat die FA nun eine grundsätzliche Zustimmung zur Planung eines solchen Zentrums gegeben, dennoch ist Brooking (60), mittlerweile fast fünf Jahre als "FA's director of football development"im Amt frustriert:

“We can't get the money to support our youth programmes,” sagt er. “We've been treading water for 2 years. There's more money in the game than ever before, but I don't see us in ten years' time having capitalised on it.”

Mehr hat Sir Trevor nicht gebraucht: Lord Mawhinney, Chairman der Football League, forderte heute beinahe die Ablöse von Brooking.

Das sagte der aufgebrachte Lord:
“Frankly, I don't have much time for people who go public and criticise their employers.”

“That doesn't seem to be a great idea. He's critical of coaching in the Football League, but who is responsible for coaching in this country?”
“It is seriously starting to undermine our confidence in him [Brooking]. Trevor was a fantastic footballer. He was an iconic footballer, but none of us must assume that because we were very good in one job that we are very good in all jobs.”
The Football League works alongside the FA, the Professional Footballers' Association and the Premier League to oversee youth development at football league clubs through the Football League Trust. All contribute funding to the trust, which aims to turn promising players into professionals through coaching programmes.

“This season Football League clubs will be putting into youth development something north of £13 million, the FA will be putting in £7.8 million and last year it was £4.5 million."
“Sir Trevor has been going on about age-related coaching, particularly five to 11-year-olds, but he has been in the job for five years. What has been happening over the last five years? Somebody has to ask who has been responding to him in the last few years, including his employers.”