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The replication of St George's park isn't in any way a snide dig at 1874. Its a genuine question about how it will be funded without sucking resources away from the existing clubs. You can decide as is your right to go there, but that money will be sucked up into this commercial (not FA funded?) venture and will not be spent at Barnton or Winsford or any other club that you may have chosen. Hence that funding is lost to local football. To what benefit? I don't know the answer, i am just flagging that this is a deeper issue than first appears. Why do we need a major facility that draws down on the resources from local football and perhaps gives nothing back in return? What would your contribution go to meet and for what overall benefit?
We/You have to stop looking at every challenge as a direct attack on each respective club and chose a course of action that sustains and enhances local football. On the face of it, it seems a no-brainer for 1874 to go to this facility. In terms of benefit to local football, I am not so sure. Scale down expectations? A club without ambition is dead in the water.
Is all lost at WAFC ? No certainly not. Can we make it better? Yes we can. Do we need to look hard at what we do? Yes we do. Can we learn from what others are doing? Yes we can. Can we carry on as we are? Yes - but for how long is the question we all need to answer.
We/You have to stop looking at every challenge as a direct attack on each respective club and chose a course of action that sustains and enhances local football. On the face of it, it seems a no-brainer for 1874 to go to this facility. In terms of benefit to local football, I am not so sure. Scale down expectations? A club without ambition is dead in the water.
Is all lost at WAFC ? No certainly not. Can we make it better? Yes we can. Do we need to look hard at what we do? Yes we do. Can we learn from what others are doing? Yes we can. Can we carry on as we are? Yes - but for how long is the question we all need to answer.