On this week's episode of Tactics Weekly Daniel Rhodes, Paul Dalglish and Gavin Jones discuss youth development in football:
Topics include:
- Academies versus how it was when Paul and Gavin were kids with Centres of Excellence.
- Aspects of coaching - are they being coached to mimic first teams?
- How tactics are taught?
- The loan system.
- Making the step up to the first team and the different paths: Trent, Suso, Sancho, Woodburn, Solanke.
- Could Premier League teams have reserve sides playing in the lower divisions to help develop players in competitive environments?
All this and more on Tactics Weekly!