‘Doomsday scenario is we aren’t producing players and the UK is no longer helping us’

Are our youngsters coached right? Should they play less competitive football? Or more? Is the cross-channel route to the top of the game viable any longer? And can the League of Ireland provide a feasible alternative? In the second part of his look at our supply line of footballers, Larry Ryan canvasses more opinion from around the Irish game.

‘Doomsday scenario is we aren’t producing players and the UK is no longer helping us’
Wed, 20 Dec, 2017 - 00:00

‘Why throw it all in to go to England at 16, where 99% won’t make it?’

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