In the bit I quote below, he seems to be saying that some parents of six-year-olds from Ipswich have hitherto preferred their boys to 'train' at Norwich or elsewhere (Colchester, Cambridge, or one of the London big boys, presumably.) What I take from this is that he feels Town haven't made enough effort to impress the parents of really young children. And he implies that parents have not been confident there are 'good people' (as distinct from good coaches) at Playford Road.
" We’re now looking at what we’re going to do in February half-term to run some recruitment events to make sure that we can set up a group of six-year-olds, which will be the first time that they’ve come into a club and make sure that they’re here before they go in anywhere else.
“The call will inevitably come at some point if they’re a talented player, whether that’s at six, seven, eight, ‘Do you want to come here?’ and they say, ‘No, we’re alright, it’s 10 minutes to go to Playford Road, I don’t really want to have to drive to another club because he’s happy where he is, the coaching’s good, the people are good and we’re going to stay where we are’.Which is not necessarily the case at the moment, if I’m honest." [Post edited 13 Dec 2022 17:23]
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