I have been saying this for so long now! I refuse to accept that our kids are much/any worse than kids of the same age from other areas of the country.Neil Doherty wrote:When i got released by Watford when i was 19 i couldn't understand why more of my contemporaries were not playing at a semi-professional level - i was not the best player of my age and i strongly believe more should have gone further. i have seen this replicated time and time again over the years and i am sure everyone locally can name a few players with a bit of support who could and should have gone further.
With better coaching and guidance, there is absolutely no reason why more of our youngsters wouldn't be able to ascend to Barrow's level, or higher.
The only thing that keeps me interested in the club these days is the fervent hope that in the not too distant future, we can move away from the current model of importing overpaid underachieving players that visit the town once per fortnight and have a strong local influence in the team. Because if I thought that in 10 years time, the club would still be following the same blueprint for failure, I would struggle to to find a reason to turn up every week.
