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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is much discussion here about which clubs do the best job developing players. Better teams must have better development and coaches and that's why they win more games?  I don't believe it. In the end the only thing that matters is how well the club can attract and retain their players. By and large, the large clubs have top teams because they have a larger player pool. Some smaller clubs have good teams but it's mostly a result of their ability to attract good players. What can attract good players? Marketing, college recruitment success, prestige of participation in certain leagues, name recognition, whatever. It's why clubs form alliances to provide pathway to something so there is more to market. It's all about attracting more players. Given a good set of players, coaches are mostly all decent enough to win. There are plenty of smaller clubs with good coaches, good methodology, blah blah, but it doesn't really matter if they cannot convince good players to join. [/quote]

The way certain leagues and clubs are handling things right now makes your statement correct. Their business depend on who markets children the most not actually on which league/club developed  the most. Leagues with substitution rules for 12-14year olds, best 11 etc... handling things as if these children were already professionals when they are not. Clubs and leagues becoming exclusive and pushing parents to spend more and more. That this player is doing this and that to become Hercules then sign your kid too so he can keep on with the pressure of being in the team.

Development is possible if club and leagues focus more on more playing, more scrimmage, more games and stop with the substitution rules  for young’s.[/quote]

The substitution rules were put in place to help development.  They may be a misguided effort but the point was to stop the tactic of perpetually substituting fresh defensive legs on to stifle a strong attacking player.[/quote]

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