NPL started today, Sydney FC beat Marconi 1-0. My god, Sydney have some great young players: Kucharski (02), Segecic (04), Mostofi (04) all big players. What a production line they’re setting up. 

Will any of them get a chance in the future though. All good creating strong production lines, but when they get to the end of the line and there’s nowhere to go, it’s hardly a great outcome. 

The NYL, from the start, have had lots of good players, but they might  as we'll have been pissing in the wind. These young players should all give thanks for the pandemic, because 3/4s of them would not be playing without it.

This. 

And guess whats funny.

This has been one of the better quality a league seasons in a long time.

Sydney Fc's academy will continue to produce it seems, they doing great work.

Segecic was arguably best on ground, which is remarkable given he’s 16 and not particularly physically developed. He is a really, really good talent. If he can progress physically he could have an outstanding career. 

Yep, I’m a massive fan of pavlesic too. Some very good kids there 

Yep not just with him but also with alot of the team even though they physically under developed they look technically very good and some of them are 16 like Segecic, the problem is what will Sydney do when they reach first team level do they let them go to other clubs or do they try to fit some of them into the first team providing they are good enough of course.

I can see Sydney FC academy become a good resource for other clubs as long as a domestic transfer system gets in place so the club can benefit financially.

A few clubs have had really strong production lines but the challenge will be turning that into something meaningful. 

Thats the challenge for most teams who have youth set ups whilst craving results too, so indeed a tough balance to follow.

Should loan them out to second tier if it existed

Interesting that Hakoah in NPL2 have two former 02/03 Joeys leading the line for them this season in Joseph Roddy and Zac Sapsford. Both have strong potential. 

Do you have the right date?

What??

I may have misunderstood. The 02/03 what does that mean? I took it to mean 2002/2003, but that can't be right. Right?

Yeah - Sapsford is 2002, Roddy is 2003.