Posted by Randomelk16 on December 7, 2023, 2:51 pm, in reply to "Re: Forest"
Don't mind at all mate, but you've hit the nail on the head sadly. There's loads I could say but I'm not going to mither on too much about it on here.
He wasn't picked up until he was 15 and did have some great experiences, he was a sub at the FA Youth Cup final last year at Old Trafford when 67k turned out(didn't play obvs).
He was just told he 'didn't want it enough' and 'that's just football' during his release review and it destroyed his confidence completely, made him ill in fact but I won't get into that. Just loads of disappointing, avoidable shit really.
He's not one to blow his own trumpet and I suspect his humility was seen as a weakness, of course he might not have been good enough and that's fine but he was never given any indication of that other than being given the boot.
There are/were some great people there but the communication and support for the lads from the club as a whole was massively lacking in my opinion, probably the same at most clubs I guess, it's really not good enough.
He wants nothing to do with pro football again, despite still getting nibbles, got himself a place at a good Uni, plays for their first 11, keeps himself sharp with a decent Northern Premier League outfit, goes out on the piss and is generally loads happier, which is all that matters in the end.
on December 7, 2023, 2:51 pm, in reply to "