I've just watched 'One Shot' the Sky Documentary about developing young players and heavily involving TMUFC. I was instantly irritated from the start by constantly getting the club name wrong and leaving the United bit out which seems unprofessional. A minor detail, maybe, but it mattered to me.
The whole programme was quite disturbing, but demonstrated exactly why our club has been so poor in recent seasons. The almost total focus on bringing in young players, too soon, most not good enough, with the purpose of moving them on, via scouts sand agents to professional clubs, with little or no benefit to the progress of the first team was painfully evident in this programme. Using over 50 players in a season is never going to work in terms of league success, mostly untried, inexperienced hopefuls with dreams of a professional contract, somewhere. But certainly not committed to Tooting, they're just passing through.
Sky being involved at all in the club last season didn't help. It almost certainly influenced first team selection. If it was obvious a player wasn't good enough and they didn't get any game time, then Sky wouldn't have anything to show. Manager Cornilius didn't come across too well either, shouting/swearing the whole time, didn't have much constructive to say and loved the camera a bit too much. No wonder he got the sack and the other one, who was in the background most of the time, saved his job.
Look like its going to be more of the same this season, though. Thankfully no Sky cameras hanging around this time. I can't see it being any different than last year if this whole experiment doesn't come to an end soon.
