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[quote=Anonymous]To the WS-VA parent complaining about play-ups:

I get what you're saying, and I agree with a lot of in principal.  A kid playing up should be good enough to start and be a significant contributor on the field at the older age group.  If not, it's a lose-lose situation. Bad for the player.  Bad for the teams (both the older and age-appropriate team).  I also agree that there are some parents who see playing up as a badge of their kids talent, a status thing, and are ignorant of whether it is actually beneficial in a given situation or not.

But my question is, are the game reports wrong?   Because at least looking at the FCV weekend, I just don't see this as a problem to the extent you are portraying it to be.

According the game reports, the only team with a significant # of playups was the U18/19s.  They had 5 '02s with them, all of whom got significant minutes.  They lost 2-1.

No question if those 02s had played at age, the U16/U17s would have done better.  They lost 2-0.  But, they had 0 play-ups.  At least according to the game report, everyone who played in that game was of age - 03/02.  Still, no doubt that team was weakened by the loss of 5 of their best 02s.

That brings us to the 04s and 05s though.

Since none of the 04s were playing up, that team should have been able to make a strong showing.   They had only 1 '05 with them, and I don't think she's one of the players you are talking about.  She's a good player with the size and athleticism to compete at that age group, and she usually starts (as she did in this game).  FCV had 2 '05s on their 04 team.  FCV won 3-0.

The '05s, who were only missing 1 of their best players to the older team, also had only 1 play-up, the 07.  They lost 5-1, to a team that was missing 2 of its better players to the older team.

Your posts give the impression that there are multiple play-ups in every age group, which weakens all of the teams across the club, but that just doesn't seem to match reality.  As far as I can tell, the only team that would have significantly weakened by the play-ups is the U16/17 team.

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