Club World Cup has definitely been created with minimal respect to player welfare.

I don't like targeting individual players and GK but week in week out points are being lost @SydneyFC And there is a GK legend sitting on the bench.

Is Andrew Redmayne injured - I can't understand how Sydney FC continue to not play him.

When you realise that you know very little and you have more wrong than right, you can start to progress.

Thanks to my great friend @lao1969 for this wonderful holiday read by @RPMComo

The obvious time wasting tactics by @brisbaneroar are an obvious issue and coaches directing players as part of tactics again is a philosophical problem BUT the inability of the officials to manage the game is the bigger issue - a horrendous performance by the officials.

The repercussions of incompetent leadership extend far beyond the individuals at the top. Teams suffer as morale plummets and motivation wanes. Employees become disengaged, leading to increased turnover, decreased productivity, and a toxic work environment.

It seems our youth don’t have a voice in the development process of youth sport and that is so wrong.

When was the last time you asked your players/athletes what they think of the training program/ development regime.

I don’t think those leading these programs have any idea how the players/athletes are coping from a psychological perspective.

Is there any emphasis at all on the psychological development of players/athletes in youth development programs?.

And we wonder why the health of our kids is deteriorating - a drop of rain and games are off - isn’t it time councils realise the “people” pay significant rates to use the grounds.

There is obviously something incredibly dangerous about this field that week after week games are cancelled because the sky isn’t blue

RT @RobertBlaszczak: 📚 “Self-science” by Dr Craig Duncan. An ideal Sunday recommendation to read and take some notes - thank you, @lao1969!….

When you understand the truth behind the rhetoric, specific “coaches” obviously require intense coaching to maintain the well-being of their people/players. Sadly, their absence of self-awareness often means they won't seek help.

If a coach is not a leader, are they a coach?. In analysing coach press conferences, it's fascinating how the absence of self-awareness is a significant issue. It is debatable what leadership is, BUT we know real leaders take responsibility rather than deflect.

Coaching is leadership.But not all coaches are leaders . Leaders protect their people. They don’t expose them.

And still the players are not able to play at a required intensity - junk training to justify existence isn't helping anyone.

Nothing wrong with training but when multiple stakeholders (sports high school/ Academy/ team/ personal coaches) don't communicate we get 13-14-15 year olds training 2 x the hours a pro player trains.

As we close out the school year at least some young footballers will get time to recover from their overloaded programs.