 Posted 12/06/2007 13:01:31
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| I think the best boots to get are Puma King's. They are an affordable price, they look good and they havent changed a bit since they came out years ago. Not as lightweight but your foot feels more protected than the new lightweight boots. You can get moulded studs or screw-ins and its just an all round solid boot that doesnt look any worse than Nikes etc. I found that the new boots are too soft and if someone stands on your toes its like wearing slippers as far as cushioning the blow. also when you kick the ball with the top of your foot it hurts until you are used to the boots and there isnt much protection all round compared to what there used to be. The lighter they are the more vulnerable they feel.
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Posted 13/06/2007 00:04:12
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| My first pair of decent boots were my white Alan Ball boots, didnt make me play any better but I felt good. NO SHIN PADS SO WHAT, A ROLLED UP LIVERPOOL ECHO DOWN EACH SOCK. 
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Posted 15/06/2007 01:17:27
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| my pet hate is parents who offer payment to kids for scoring goals and i would not bet that i'm alone, i've even had a parent bet her child he could not score from a kickout, he eventully did, (cup final 1-0 to us) not a joke. George Black, Airdrie Utd U14s-U17s now back at U14s in sport and friendship
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Posted 15/06/2007 09:38:48
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| I have experienced most of the above but wouldn't describe them as my pet hates. My pet hate is opposition coaches who are basically arseholes. As soon as the opposition arrive (when we are at home) I make a point of going to their coach and shaking his hand. I do it in front of my parents and kids to try to set an example. Some are fine and friendly but I would say at least half of them are just complete !%$£%^^%". One example. Our final rearranged match last season was played on a very hot day. This is under 7's. I suggested to the other coach that due to the heat it would be a good idea to maybe play the 40 minute match in 4 quaters rather than 2 halves. Not to have a long break but to merely get liquids inside the kids. He looked at me with complete disgust and wnated to know if my kids have ever managed to play a full half before which if course they had. he missed the point completely and refused my suggestion. The reuslt was the kids from both teams didn't play as well as they could and were constantly subbed in the 2nd half just to get a drink. This isn't me spitting my dummy out because I didn't get my own way, the other coach was not only unreasonable in my view but also very aggressive in his response infront of his kids and parents which I found rather intimidated and rather sad.
Woolston Rovers Warrington
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Posted 15/06/2007 15:32:11
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| The opposition coaches are one of my pet hates too. Especially when they either have a go at the ref (who is a volunteer parent trying his best) or they are yelling at their own team. I've been at a match where the coach was yelling at the top of his voice, telling the team that they were a load of morons! Luckily some of the parents for our team were equally mortified and so began to offer encouragement to the opposition players. Some people just shouldn't be let near a group of children!!!
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Posted 15/06/2007 15:47:58
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A couple of seasons ago my under 10s were playing the last match of the season which we had to win to win the league, the other team only needed a draw to win the league. We were at home having lost to them away. It all started so politely their manager came up to me and told me how excited the kids were and nervous because it had been nip and tuck between the two teams all season. 0-0 at half time we gave them oranges still nice and polite. But all that changed with 10 minutes to go we scored and their coach went beserk. He was screaming and shouting that we were cheating, he came running across the pitch towards me and had to be restrained by other parents. To make matters worse we won a penalty with about 5 minutes to go, and missed! The noise from their parents and coach was amazing. One woman was on her knees beating the pitch.
We won the game and my players came across wondering what they had done wrong and what should have been a celebration was ruined by the coaches shouting. His wife came across to me and congratulated the team on winning, her husband was in the background shouting at his son who was in tears.
We did celebrate of course but only after they had gone. It left a bad taste in my mouth. A month later they refused to turn up to the presentation ceremony. That's sportsmanship for you.
Dave Clarke Soccer Coach Weekly Editor
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Posted 15/06/2007 17:32:00
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| YEH agree with last few, its about managers who are on some sort of EGO trip or management is just an extention of their sad little life which revolves around giving people stress.
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Posted 18/06/2007 13:44:10
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| Had under 7's tournament at the weekend. My c team were in a particularly hard group but had won 1, drawn one, lost 1-0 and were getting beat 3-0 when a couple of things happened in the space of 3 minutes that sum up for me most of my pet hates with mini football. Firstly a rule that was specific to this tournament. Goalies are not allowed out of area. If they do go out, free kick. (Its a penalty from Under 11's onwards). My goalie goes out. Opposition coach shouts penalty and ref immediately awards it. I get the refs attention and ask if it should be a free kick. He says no. I tell him that I have the rules in my hand and its a free kick. He says no so I drop it. This is a 7 minute match, we're 3 0 down after 3 or 4 minutes and were simply being outclassed by better players. Theyt score and the coach is jumping up and down in celebration. Next minute, one of my players from our own area runs the length of the pitch taking on virtually every player before being pulled down and tripped at the same time in the area. Penalty? Free Kick even? Nothing. Ref I say, surely thats a penalty. Nothing. I leave it. 1 minute later, the ball is played down the wing on the side of the pitch where both the opposition coach and myself were standing. The ball is played quite hard but clearly goes out of touch by about 1 foot right where the opposition coach was stood. No call from him, one of his players plays it back into the field of play and the game continues. Its guys like this that make me so mad and disillusioned about junior football and what we should be trying to achieve. I can onyl assume that he drinks horlicks.
Woolston Rovers Warrington
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Posted 19/06/2007 16:27:37
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In a tournament match on Sunday the opposition were given a penalty for a perfectly good tackle. The opposition coach came over to me and apologised - mind you, they were 6-0 up at the time.
Dwyer
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Posted 20/06/2007 11:02:07
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One of the problems is that parents give referees so much hassle they give decisions the wrong way. In a tournament last season my under 10s were being refereed by a mature fully qualified ref. We were playing a team from a rough area of london and as he came on the pitch a parent (rather large parent at that) shouted "if he gives any bad decisions against us I'm gonna deck him". The ref ignored this but late on in the match an opposition defender caught the ball in his own area but quickly dropped it, the ref waved play on. We lost that game 1-0, it was a semi-final and my players went home feeling cheated. The ref would not listen to me at the end of the match even though i was politely asking him why he didnt give the penalty. He just kept saying "dont make a fool of yourself go away". His patronising tone made the situation even worse. My parents joined in and in the end it spoiled what had been an excellent day.
Dave Clarke Soccer Coach Weekly Editor
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