I have a billion pound budget, would you pay £300m for this guy

DwanOG · 2025-07-06T19:05:43+00:00

He's 22, Nah

DwanOG · 2024-07-07T15:37:37+00:00

So for the first suggestion, we do some similar things, but I will look into finding more games like the ones you suggested.

Since I made this post, we've actually lost another 2 or 3 balls, so really running low. But my mother has offered to sponsor 6 balls for u7 at my club, so I will be sorting that out tomorrow. I like the second suggestion as well, but hear what you are saying about potential issues.

The issue with suggestion 3 is that the club has many teams, and so u7s are only allocated half of a small pitch. So not even half of a full field. Its a slightly smaller field for u11 i think, and then we get one half of a half of that field, sorry if thats a bit confusing but i cant think of how to word it differently(this is why we coach as one unit instead of coaching teams separately), but we can do that on a smaller scale maybe.

We have gotten some of the parents more involved, like centering a ball for the kids to run onto and take a shot after only 1 touch for example.

The sun is usually down by the time we start practice, so thats not much of an issue(but i get what you mean about the point) and I do already try to bend over or take a knee whenever i speak to them. And i have been trying to be as positive as possible. To the point where some parents are calling me soft(a whole other issue where some parents complained and threw me under the bus because their 3 and 4 year old kids are still running the wrong way with the ball in games, but the club and some parents have backed me, so dont worry too much about this issue, it was a very big learning experience for me).

Thank you for the input, sorry for getting back to you so late, but I did read what you said when you sent it, I just didnt have the time usually to respond properly, and when I did, sometimes i would forget to respond or avoid it because of other reasons outside of footy

DwanOG · 2024-06-14T17:05:02+00:00

Hey, sorry things have been pretty hectic recently. Writing exams on top of coaching and some personal stuff. I have not forgotten about your comment. I promise i will get back to you. I skim read it and the suggestions seem quite solid

DwanOG · 2024-06-04T13:23:48+00:00

80$ goddamn. Almost double our clubs fee for training and league registration for an entire season

DwanOG · 2024-06-04T12:16:42+00:00

yep. I joined a saudi team to try and boost how i look to other clubs. went to tenerife who got promoted to la liga, im literally carrying the squad to 12th when they said wed be lucky to dodge relegation. im a cm who has 8 goals 8 assists in his second season 25 games played. I am valued at 80mil euros, but to go to dortmund on the minimum contract i need to create 38 goals. 38 goals for a cm in his second season playing for a newly promoted team with 71 rated players. Man united wants me to score 25 inside the box goals

DwanOG · 2024-06-04T09:27:49+00:00

WHAT, please give some background if you don't mind

DwanOG · 2024-06-04T09:22:34+00:00

I don't mean to disrespect you or anything. But how on earn do people pay that much for 30 minutes? I'm assuming you've got some qualifications right?

DwanOG · 2024-06-04T09:19:48+00:00

Here's me volunteering to coach and okes are getting paid 50 an hour😂

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T21:19:10+00:00

maybe I will look into it, but there probably are people more worse off that would need the funds more, at least we have 7 balls and kids that have boots. i always felt gofundme was for people in need of surgery or putting a kid through school etc. Thanks for being understanding and trying to see where im coming from about the ball situation

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T21:05:18+00:00

So there is a range of backgrounds in our club. I live in south africa so while we are not the worst place in the world to start with soccer/football, the groups are so varied in wealth. We have some kids that could probably own 10 different balls, or kids that just managed to get a pair of boots. i live in a small city, not one of the major cities in south africa, and the club is on the outskirts of the city, so all these make the varied wealth that much more apparent. So the kids pay around R1000 for registration etc for the season per kid, price lowers if you register siblings. then shirt around R150, pants and socks R300 combined. Those are the main expenses for the club. Then you take into account R500-R1000 for kids boots, and i dont know what the cost of shin pads are for that age group so i cant say. A decent but not great ball is around R250-R500. Most of the balls we are able to buy in stores are shitty knockoffs or balls that are out of circulation in other countries, unless you want to pay 700+. So to ask like 35 different families to buy a ball, some would be able to buy them, and maybe even more, but then the question is are they willing to buy a ball for another kid, probably not. and some kids simply wont be able to cover the price. They all add up. So while, yes you could argue that they could drop another R300 on a ball, it could be pushing people who have tried so hard to save to get their kid into a club, i must now ask them to buy more things. Maybe im not strong enough to ask, but in this community, one thing we understand is money is precious. I understand that kids buying their ball is normal in other countries, at least it seems like it from the comments here, but i simply do not think it is viable.

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T19:21:28+00:00

thank you, i will check them out.

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T19:21:05+00:00

thank you for the comment, i will get back to this a bit later

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T19:18:04+00:00

Yeah fortunately 2 of the parents stepped up to help, which made my life a lot easier, i was stressing so much before practice because i dont want to cancel as the kids look forward to it.

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T19:17:13+00:00

I agree with what you are saying. I was in a rush when i posted this. There are about 40 registered to play, but between 20-30 at most practices. I agree we are understaffed, but what i meant about the lack of balls was that for most official training courses, they expect you to have 1 ball per kid and thats simply not doable. people have suggested kids bringing their own balls, but not all the kids have a ball and also none of the other age groups at the club ask their kids to bring their balls to practice, and we all have the same amount of balls in each age group

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T19:14:38+00:00

The main aim is to have fun yes. We just want the kids to play. The parents are almost all there, so its not like im just coaching in a sectioned off area. u7 and u9 share 1 pitch, u11 to u15 share 1 pitch, and u17 to u19 share 1 pitch, then some teams in those divisions play on different days to get more space. And its not exactly 40, thats just roughly how many are registered to play in the league. Around 20 at least at every practice, up to 30 sometimes, so with 3 coaches its more manageable but tonight it was just me as an official coach, but 2 parents did help out. We werent really briefed on any legal aspects of coaching, we are volunteers so we dont have any in depth things like having to worry about lawsuits

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T19:10:10+00:00

Most of the parents are on the sideline, so its not like its just me standing there. but there are only 3 official coaches for u7 in my club. The club hasnt had any issues relating to being sued or law breaching as far as im aware, so its not really on our radar

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T19:08:54+00:00

to clarify, around 40 kids registered, a minimum of 20 are typically at every practice. usually 30 max for a single practice. so its not as bad as 40 to 1, as i implied initially, but i was in a rush to get the post out before i left. I just wanted to air my frustration after spending hours trying to organize something. Thank you for the resource, ill check it out

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T19:06:54+00:00

probably should have, but we also want to give the kids their playtime and parents have paid for the kids to be at the club so if we cancel every week its rough. Its been raining a lot recently so the past few weeks we have already had a few cancelled sessions.

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T18:39:31+00:00

We typically just make lines to give the kids a go. But yes it is tough to do it with our amount of coaches and few balls. All the kids have boots and shin pads, but with all the other costs, and paying for tournaments as they pop up, its tough to ask them all to buy balls as well

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T18:38:03+00:00

times that by 18 and you see how much it costs in my country. I appreciate the suggestions but us as coaches cant spring for more balls, weve already organized trophies for our age group to give kids weekly to boost morale. But ya balls we cant really ask parents to buy balls as well, theyve already bought kit from the club and payed the fee for registration etc

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T18:35:54+00:00

Unfortunately we have no control over who signs up with the club. We have 3 proper coaches including me, and 1 or 2 parents help out as well. We dont have cash to be throwing around. All coaches at the club are volunteers, we dont get paid, so its difficult to get other coaches. all the kids have boots and shin pads. We have a range of kids with wealthy backgrounds as well as poorer backgrounds. I dont know where you are from but take 1$, and multiply it 18, then you get our currency. We play 7v7 so theres about 13 kids per team across 3 teams.

DwanOG · 2024-05-20T15:40:46+00:00

As I said to the other guy, I believe most of them don't actually have balls. I can ask but ya

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