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@AcademyDad1 get them playing as many different sports as possible and having social pursuits outside of sport. They will be better footballers and become better people.

Academy football can quietly consume family life if you let it. Weekends disappear, schedules revolve around football & pressure creeps into the home. Protect balance at all costs because your child needs that more than football!

@brentford_daily Kelleher wins hands down

Igor Thiago is the obvious pick for Brentford’s player of the season But if you had to pick a player to give 2nd place to who would you pick? 🥈 For me i’d probably go Kayode What do you think? 🤔

@MichelleDewbs Did you tell him what he needed to improve and what he did well?

My 5 year old boy does football training. At the end of the session they do a ‘man of the match’ type thing. My boy is always desperate to win it. He often doesn’t. I explained to him the other day that he didn’t win simply because he wasn’t good enough. That he deffo could win, but he just needs to be better, try harder, be more focused etc. One of the other mums heard me & was aghast at what I said. She told me she is going to get ‘runner-up stickers’ for all the kids who don’t make it. I said no thanks, not for my son. Kids need to learn that they can be the best, but they must apply themselves & dust themselves off when it doesn’t go their way. No consolation prizes, no ‘everyone’s a winner’ etc. There are winners & losers. Wanna win - do your best. Can’t make it? Don’t worry, go & smash something else. Play to your strengths & never, ever play the victim. If more parents & institutions had this attitude, the country would be in a better place - if I say so myself 😉 Cc @KonstantinKisin x.com/KonstantinKisi…

@UzziMajid You complete muppet.

If this doesn’t tell you how underwhelmingly average recruitment has been for a long time, wait until you hear this. Palace signed Sarr for £2.5m more than what Brentford paid for Nunes, who is yet to start a league game since joining.

@Jay_Sapovits LIV was as good to golf as the Saudi Pro League is to football.

Who exactly was hurt by LIV? $5b into golf ecosystem from them, $2b from private equity. Ratings higher than ever. Participation higher than ever. Fans have more interest. Players make more money. Eco system has more money. Who got hurt? LIV was the best thing to happen to golf and its going away will be bad. Product was meh, but it was necessary and brought good things to the sport I love.

@PaudieMcKeqi6v @PatrickChristys securing a crazed knife man from hurting MOP's. Only thing that is rotten is you.

@PatrickChristys Kicking his head like a football. Rotten pig bastards

The moment the Golders Green knifeman is tasered and detained x.com/PolitlcsUK/sta…

@JImblee1 @FA_PGMOL @GNev2 Casemiro is a professional. You cant push players from behind whilst they are in the air to gain an advantage. If youre stupid enough to do it twice in the last few mins knowing the ref is looking for it, then you get what you deserve.

Casemiro an absolute shithouse of a player. Needs a xxxxxxx good slap. I won’t mention how shit the @FA_PGMOL ref was for being suckered by his constant diving. Says everything about the expert pundits & state of the game when @GNev2 gives him MotM. Still. Take yr chances you win

@brentford_daily Hickey to start ahead of KLP who comes on as a sub later.

My ideal lineup for tonight This is just the kind of game we could really use Henderson so it’s a shame he’s injured Hoping we can sit back and hit on the counter, which plays to our strengths COYB 🐝

@100kDiary dont forget you pay tax when you take it out and they can change the rules.

The UK pension system is actually brilliant and most people do not realise it. Your employer matches your contributions. That's a 100% instant return before the market even moves. Tax relief on top. 20% back immediately. 40% if you're a higher earner. No other investment on earth gives you 100% + tax relief on day one.

@mattdanaher @cwponton asking about fitness for u10's is not unreasonable. Especially if you combine it with speed work. Primary window to develop fast twitch muscles is between 8-12.

@cwponton 😂🤣 Not U5, but someone once asked about fitness for U10s

My elite U5 daughter fatigues quickly. Anyone have drills to improve her fitness levels? We’re aiming for youth national team next year. Thanks!

@Mollyploofkins look at his body language when he says he's sorry.

Tucker Carlson: “I’ll be tormented for a long time by the fact that I played a role in getting Donald Trump elected. And I want to say that I’m sorry for misleading people.”

@bfckxvvv @Anthonymonajjem I admire your optimism but do you really think we can go to Man United, City and Pool with no bench and get results?

@Anthonymonajjem @brian_analyst Genuinely laughable stuff, currently sat 7th, in a Europa League spot, and people are trying to tell us to give up and write off the entire rest of the season. Jesus Christ 💀

Performance wasn’t bad but just like last week and Wolves; if you want Europe you can’t not be winning games. Put ourselves in a position now where we have to go to Old Trafford and get a result.

@wendysmithe62 @BrentfordFC @TheSun chief football correspondent with 32 followers

Was at the @BrentfordFC vs Fulham match today reporting for @TheSun. I must say, the Brentford fans are such a poor set of supporters, hardly a noise out of them the whole game. You fear relegation for them next season. Fulham fans in great voice! Europe beckons! #brentford #ffc

@BlamingGame @Ryan01020304061 youre at a good club obviously. Sadly not all are run like this or have spaces for kids to get into them. Its practically unheard of for scouts to appear at grass roots games I have seen.

@brian_analyst @Ryan01020304061 Local grassroot club I’m involved with is £280 for the season. I coach our U14 side who have been invited to showcase games at Southampton and Palace this season. Scouts at nearly every game. £1200 a year on a pipe dream is a scam bud. If your kids good enough there’s no need

Those academy football teams that you have to pay for your kid to attend

@UzziMajid perhaps KA sees something in training we are not privy to.

It’s so jarring how Donovan was trusted to come on away at Newcastle when it was 2-2 but not in a derby where Fulham were as dangerous as a chocolate teapot

@JImblee1 @FA_PGMOL He did get the ball though.

Not even a yellow! I’m sorry @FA_PGMOL but your match officials are either corrupt or just plain inept. An explanation would be welcome. I won’t hold my breath.

@Barstool_Sotey @TheGolfDivoTee He would have made more on PGA if he kept the work ethic up. His pension would have dwarfed that.

@TheGolfDivoTee He has $140M reasons to not care what you or anyone thinks about his situation. I’m sure he’s fine.

Cameron Smith won the 2022 Open Championship at St Andrews playing sublime golf, two months later he was paid upwards of $140m to join LIV Golf and has now missed the cut in each of the last six majors. Such a waste of a brilliant talent.

@Ryan01020304061 they are providing a service and some do it well. The ones that do have a track record of players that get snapped up by proper academies.

@Ryan01020304061 they are basically grassroots clubs and everyone knows they arent tge same as cat academies. You pay for your kid to attend either so whats the issue?

@BlamingGame @Ryan01020304061 Depends on what you get for your 100. If it's 2 sessions a week with good coaches in small groups and lots of league and show case games then it's worth it. Some grass roots clubs are similar in price once you throw in all the extra sessions and games. In the US you will pay 5k.

@brian_analyst @Ryan01020304061 Not every parent knows they aren’t the same, trust me when I say I’ve spoken to loads of them. The difference is that grassroots are non profit charging £25-£30 per month, these other firms charge £100 per month selling a dream that won’t realise