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To have expected ds and his mate to have got at least 5 mins on the football pitch

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tevion · 21/11/2010 19:19

My ds and his mate joined a team about a month ago they have gone along to all the training sessions and to every match on a sunday morning.
Today it was a cup match and ds and his mate were left stadning the whole of the match and didn.t get a single opportunity to play.
They were the only two that didn,t.
I have appreciated all along that they may be weaning them in gradually but it was explained at the start that each and very child would at least get 5mins on the pitch.
I asked the coach today if there was a reason for them not playing today and he shook his head and said he needed his strongest players on today and if I don,t like it and he then shook his hands.
I said I thought they would have got 5 mins at least to which he said I can,t please veryone but he still wants them to come next week.
I am quite disappointed in the team now so aibu or is this how it works.

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sincitylover · 25/11/2010 13:40

This seems to happen alot doesn't it?

The ego of the coach seems to get in the way and they think they are running a premier league club.

I think this also contravenes the FAs guidance for boys of this age.

Ive nothing against it getting more competitve when it gets to my older son's age - he's 14.

But for younger kids it sucks!!

The other thing was with ds2 was the the manager wouldn't face up to telling him initially they let it drag on until I pushed for an answer.

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