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<blockquote data-quote="Bruce_ma gooshvili" data-source="post: 1093937" data-attributes="member: 74121"><p>Scotland has always been a country where things have to get a lot worse before things can get better. To me it is encouraging that despite one of their three u16 sides being based in south England, the numbers of players raised in other union territories seems to be declining in the u20s (hopefully due to English league eligibility changes and the increase in residency duration). Surely if this trend continues the Scottish union will have to focus on the revolutionary notion of casting the net wider at age grade and engaging with Scottish kids across the country and across social backgrounds. </p><p></p><p>Maybe then I'll be able to support a truly Scottish side, rather than watch a union whose idea of a good u20 tournament is if the English u20s are doing well and we can nab a bunch of them when they wake up one morning feeling Scottish (typically around the time they realise they'll never be selected for their first choice nation).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bruce_ma gooshvili, post: 1093937, member: 74121"] Scotland has always been a country where things have to get a lot worse before things can get better. To me it is encouraging that despite one of their three u16 sides being based in south England, the numbers of players raised in other union territories seems to be declining in the u20s (hopefully due to English league eligibility changes and the increase in residency duration). Surely if this trend continues the Scottish union will have to focus on the revolutionary notion of casting the net wider at age grade and engaging with Scottish kids across the country and across social backgrounds. Maybe then I'll be able to support a truly Scottish side, rather than watch a union whose idea of a good u20 tournament is if the English u20s are doing well and we can nab a bunch of them when they wake up one morning feeling Scottish (typically around the time they realise they'll never be selected for their first choice nation). [/QUOTE]
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