Just an interesting conversation I had with a fellow coach. He was of the opinion that the elite leagues, i.e. Premier, should be made up of the clubs with the best facilities and not just those who perform best at the Small Sided Section. Teams such as Cherry Orchard and Crumlin United are two very succesful clubs, hence the name is attractive for players. However the facilities of both clubs leaves a lot to be desired for. Does it not make sense to earn your place at the elite level based on your facilities, as you are better suited to facilitating elite players. Anyone else a view on this? I tend to think there could be something behind this. But of course quality coaching has to come into the equation also. (BEFORE ANYONE TRIES TO START AN ARGUMENT I HAVE NO ISSUE OR PROBLEM WITH EITHER OF THE NAMED CLUBS, MERELY USING TWO EXAMPLES OF ELITE CLUBS)

So you would like to seperate the "have's" and the "have nots" how exactly would that improve anything?and dublin tiger what you suggest is already in place with the Emerging Talent Programme.

QUALITY COACHING IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN CLUB NAME OR FACILITIES' GOOD COACHING IS WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT' A YOUNG PLAYER WHO IS PROPERLY COACHED WILL IMPROVE WITH TIME AND STAND SOME CHANCE OF PLAYING A GOOD STANDARD OF FOOTBALL LATER ON' THE TEAMS YOU MENTIONED DEVELOPTHEPLAYERS HAVE PRODUCED GOOD PLAYERS WITH NOT THE BEST OF FACILITIES SO THEY MUST BE DOING SOMETHING RIGHT WITH THE COACHING ' LOOK AT PEAMOUNT FC AND THE FACILITIES THEY HAVE ' YET THEY DONT HAVE A PREMIER TEAM AT ANY AGE OUT OF 28 TEAMS IN THE CLUB' AND PLAYERS LEAVEING OVER POOR COACHING RE 14S MAJOR' WHAT GOOD ARE THE FACILITIES IF THE COACHING IS NOT GOOD