Post by Macmoish on Nov 26, 2010 8:31:42 GMT
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Independent
Stuart Pearce reveals under-21 Championship plan
PA
Stuart Pearce wants his England Under-21 side to play in the npower Championship to help the development of promising young players.
Pearce feels the development of his players suffers when they become fringe players at Barclays Premier League sides and miss out on valuable game time.
Instead the former Manchester City boss - who also labelled the delay in getting the National Football Centre in Burton agreed "a massive crime" - wants the under-21 players not in action for their clubs to play friendlies against Championship sides every other week.
"Can we put an England Under-21 team in the Championship to play games every other week?" he said in an interview with the Life's a Pitch website, www.lifesapitch.co.uk.
"Don't play home games, just play away games, so there's an odd number of teams in the Championship.
"So I get 21 friendlies a year. On top of that all these players that are not playing regularly of a weekend can come and join me and when I have the opportunity to play European Championship qualifiers I would have had a team playing together that basically know each other inside-out.
"If I had, let's say, a Daniel Sturridge, who was with us at Manchester City, and he was on the bench, my options are this: he either goes away and plays a game for the under-21s in a friendly against a good Championship side or alternatively plays in a friendly God knows where on Wednesday night where he's thinking to himself 'I don't want to be here'.
"But it's whether it can be sold to the clubs, it's whether they really want to put the club hat on or really want to do something radical instead of coming back every two years or four years after a major tournament and a disappointment and turn round and say 'we're going to have to do something'.
"They're throwaway lines. If we're serious about doing something, let's do something.
"That's probably why we've waited 10 or 12 years maybe to get the National Football Centre sanctioned.
"For me that's been a massive crime. That should have been done 10 years ago."
Pearce also claimed the next England manager should be as well qualified as the likes of Fabio Capello and Jose Mourinho, suggesting he would not consider himself a candidate.
"I think the England manager's job is for someone with the experience and the CV of Fabio Capello," he added.
"That's what the FA needs, to have four or five candidates to put a CV on the table when the job's available that's comparable to the likes of Fabio or Mourinho.
"But we need as many good English candidates to put their CVs in, to want that job. The only way to do that is by backing our young managers."
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/stuart-pearce-reveals-under21-championship-plan-2143747.html
INDEPENDENT
FA rubbishes Pearce's idea for England U-21s to join Championship
By Sam Wallace
The Football Association last night distanced itself from Stuart Pearce's radical suggestion that his England under-21 team should become the 25th team in the Championship and play matches every week against club sides.
Pearce, under-21s manager for three years, gave a decidedly off-message interview in which he also accused his employers of a "massive crime" for their nine-year delay to build the national football centre at Burton upon Trent.
Given that Pearce has become an FA pet project in its bid to push English coaches into high-profile jobs, there was alarm at some of the proposals he put forward.
Pearce did not give exact details of how his plan to enter the under-21s in the Championship would work but he did intimate that he had suggested it to the FA. The obstacles and objections to such a plan are so numerous they would be impossible to list. The FA has made it clear in private that the idea is a non-starter.
Pearce said: "We were asked how we could radically look at what we are trying to achieve at international level. I threw the line in, 'Can we put an England under-21s team in the Championship to play games every week?' Don't play home games just play away games so there is an odd number of teams in the Championship.
"We fulfil a fixture maybe at West Brom [who are in the Premier League] or Coventry so I get 21 friendlies a year. On top of that all these players who are not playing regularly come and join me. Then when I have the opportunity to play a European championships qualifier I will have a team that is playing regularly who know each other."
Later, Pearce suggested players would rather play for the under-21s in the Championship than for their own clubs' reserve sides. "Whether it can be sold to the clubs ," he told lifesapitch.co.uk. "It is whether they really want to do something radical or come back every two or four years after a major tournament and a disappointment and say, 'We are going to have to do something'.
"They are throwaway lines but if we are serious about doing something then let's do something. That is probably why we have waited 10 to 12 years [sic] to get the national football centre sanctioned this week. For me that's been a massive crime."
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/fa-rubbishes-pearces-idea-for-england-u21s-to-join-championship-2143917.html
Independent
Stuart Pearce reveals under-21 Championship plan
PA
Stuart Pearce wants his England Under-21 side to play in the npower Championship to help the development of promising young players.
Pearce feels the development of his players suffers when they become fringe players at Barclays Premier League sides and miss out on valuable game time.
Instead the former Manchester City boss - who also labelled the delay in getting the National Football Centre in Burton agreed "a massive crime" - wants the under-21 players not in action for their clubs to play friendlies against Championship sides every other week.
"Can we put an England Under-21 team in the Championship to play games every other week?" he said in an interview with the Life's a Pitch website, www.lifesapitch.co.uk.
"Don't play home games, just play away games, so there's an odd number of teams in the Championship.
"So I get 21 friendlies a year. On top of that all these players that are not playing regularly of a weekend can come and join me and when I have the opportunity to play European Championship qualifiers I would have had a team playing together that basically know each other inside-out.
"If I had, let's say, a Daniel Sturridge, who was with us at Manchester City, and he was on the bench, my options are this: he either goes away and plays a game for the under-21s in a friendly against a good Championship side or alternatively plays in a friendly God knows where on Wednesday night where he's thinking to himself 'I don't want to be here'.
"But it's whether it can be sold to the clubs, it's whether they really want to put the club hat on or really want to do something radical instead of coming back every two years or four years after a major tournament and a disappointment and turn round and say 'we're going to have to do something'.
"They're throwaway lines. If we're serious about doing something, let's do something.
"That's probably why we've waited 10 or 12 years maybe to get the National Football Centre sanctioned.
"For me that's been a massive crime. That should have been done 10 years ago."
Pearce also claimed the next England manager should be as well qualified as the likes of Fabio Capello and Jose Mourinho, suggesting he would not consider himself a candidate.
"I think the England manager's job is for someone with the experience and the CV of Fabio Capello," he added.
"That's what the FA needs, to have four or five candidates to put a CV on the table when the job's available that's comparable to the likes of Fabio or Mourinho.
"But we need as many good English candidates to put their CVs in, to want that job. The only way to do that is by backing our young managers."
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/stuart-pearce-reveals-under21-championship-plan-2143747.html
INDEPENDENT
FA rubbishes Pearce's idea for England U-21s to join Championship
By Sam Wallace
The Football Association last night distanced itself from Stuart Pearce's radical suggestion that his England under-21 team should become the 25th team in the Championship and play matches every week against club sides.
Pearce, under-21s manager for three years, gave a decidedly off-message interview in which he also accused his employers of a "massive crime" for their nine-year delay to build the national football centre at Burton upon Trent.
Given that Pearce has become an FA pet project in its bid to push English coaches into high-profile jobs, there was alarm at some of the proposals he put forward.
Pearce did not give exact details of how his plan to enter the under-21s in the Championship would work but he did intimate that he had suggested it to the FA. The obstacles and objections to such a plan are so numerous they would be impossible to list. The FA has made it clear in private that the idea is a non-starter.
Pearce said: "We were asked how we could radically look at what we are trying to achieve at international level. I threw the line in, 'Can we put an England under-21s team in the Championship to play games every week?' Don't play home games just play away games so there is an odd number of teams in the Championship.
"We fulfil a fixture maybe at West Brom [who are in the Premier League] or Coventry so I get 21 friendlies a year. On top of that all these players who are not playing regularly come and join me. Then when I have the opportunity to play a European championships qualifier I will have a team that is playing regularly who know each other."
Later, Pearce suggested players would rather play for the under-21s in the Championship than for their own clubs' reserve sides. "Whether it can be sold to the clubs ," he told lifesapitch.co.uk. "It is whether they really want to do something radical or come back every two or four years after a major tournament and a disappointment and say, 'We are going to have to do something'.
"They are throwaway lines but if we are serious about doing something then let's do something. That is probably why we have waited 10 to 12 years [sic] to get the national football centre sanctioned this week. For me that's been a massive crime."
www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/fa-rubbishes-pearces-idea-for-england-u21s-to-join-championship-2143917.html
