Attracting Players to our area…

Ex Footy Legs

Ex Footy Legs

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The one big factor people mention not too often is the difficulty of attracting young players to the north east coast.
I think it’s a tough ask….Unfashionable even though it’s an amazing place to live and quite frankly the best part of the country in my HO.
Hope the club is promoting it properly!!!!
We all know we have a hidden gem of a place but for young lads this most definitely won’t seem like the case….
Roy Keane said something similar about when he was Sunderland manager but then our area I think is better than Sunderland having the Yorkshire dales and amazing coastline on our doorstep, decent traffic, low house prices compared to anything further south, York on our doorstep….ect ect…
 
This is far from the best part of the country. Look at the crime rates, the smack heads on the streets, the town centre shops are average as hell, the streets near the town are an absolute mess. There’s no nightlife. Most lads are on steroids and 90% of the women are over weight and on benefits.

We can’t say it’s the best place because we have the Yorkshire sales on our door step.
The Middlesbrough part of the river tees looks like oil and there’s a massive eye sore near the ground
The north east is a dump
 
This seems like the perfect time for some shameless self-promotion. They should just play all potential signings this, they’ll sign on the dotted line immediately.

 
Subbuteo_171 said:
And London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds don’t have those issues?

You might have a few shiny baubles with Harvey Nicks, Selfridges, the Trafford Centre and a few bars where you can pay £15 for a g&t, all urban areas across the U.K. suffer from those problems you’ve described.
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Professional footballers do not reside in dilapidated urban areas though. They (probably) want modern, stylish and safe accommodation in extensively resourced cities, which are packed with a variety of recreational activities and entertainment. Middlesbrough and it’s surrounding areas have little to zero of this.
 
RoaryTheLion said:
Professional footballers do not reside in dilapidated urban areas though. They (probably) want modern, stylish and safe accommodation in extensively resourced cities, which are packed with a variety of recreational activities and entertainment. Middlesbrough and it’s surrounding areas have little to zero of this.
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Exactly this, that’s why most of our squad lives in Harrogate/Newcastle etc. I think if I was a young player about to sign a 20k per week contract, I’d want to be in a city where I could enjoy the fruits of my labour. There’s only so many times you can walk down Saltburn beach before you need something else.
 
Subbuteo_171 said:
And London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds don’t have those issues?

You might have a few shiny baubles with Harvey Nicks, Selfridges, the Trafford Centre and a few bars where you can pay £15 for a g&t, all urban areas across the U.K. suffer from those problems you’ve described.
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Absolutely!
Jeez…that first response…talk about picking out the worst…every town has issues but we have some amazing things and players won’t live on Linthorpe road!
 
Corcaigh_the_Cat said:
How many of our first team squad are from Teesside?
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How many had queues of clubs lining up to sign them? Aren’t we a mid table championship team? Of course it’s easier to attract a poorer calibre of players. If we’re talking about signing up and coming players who can improve our first team then we will be competing against other clubs. It’s obviously complex but in the past we would blow other clubs out of the water wages wise. It’s delusional to think players are considering the area as an actual positive influence in them signing. It’s more like “can we put a package together where that will convince them to accept the location?” That’s become more difficult as the purse strings have tightened.
 
Bigstrongman said:
This is far from the best part of the country. Look at the crime rates, the smack heads on the streets, the town centre shops are average as hell, the streets near the town are an absolute mess. There’s no nightlife. Most lads are on steroids and 90% of the women are over weight and on benefits.

We can’t say it’s the best place because we have the Yorkshire sales on our door step.
The Middlesbrough part of the river tees looks like oil and there’s a massive eye sore near the ground
The north east is a dump
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It may be an idea to open your eyes and get round the country a bit more often.
 
Not this again. Footballers dont live in the boro really do they. Plenty of past and current players live in leeds, Harrogate, yarm, wynyard, north yorks. It is harder yes to attract good players to the champiobship full stop. Be less of an issue if we was a premiership team. Theyll come for the money
 
Scrug said:
Exactly this, that’s why most of our squad lives in Harrogate/Newcastle etc. I think if I was a young player about to sign a 20k per week contract, I’d want to be in a city where I could enjoy the fruits of my labour. There’s only so many times you can walk down Saltburn beach before you need something else.
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Whats with the fancy cars and 4X4`s most players possess?
Do they drive them or just pose in them?
Living in Harrogate doesnt mean you cant commute 50 miles to the Boro
Think themselves bluddy lucky.
 
r00fie1 said:
Whats with the fancy cars and 4X4`s most players possess?
Do they drive them or just pose in them?
Living in Harrogate doesnt mean you cant commute 50 miles to the Boro
Think themselves bluddy lucky.
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They don't commute to the Boro, they need to visit less than 30 times a year.
 
If a player is a serious professional it doesn't matter how bright the lights are. It's about facilities, training and organisation. In a typical season there are loads of games and lot of traveling. Boro is a good choice. It's simple really.
 
Subbuteo_171 said:
And London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, Leeds don’t have those issues?

You might have a few shiny baubles with Harvey Nicks, Selfridges, the Trafford Centre and a few bars where you can pay £15 for a g&t, all urban areas across the U.K. suffer from those problems you’ve described.
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Never mentioned those places as not having issues. All I said was that the north east isn’t the best place because of those issues. How can you say it’s the best place because of what’s close by. Similar thing to saying Somalia is a rich country as they have Oman and Saudi on their door step
 
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