But, but.... What about the schools
It's interesting what Wellens says here.... at the end of the article about the Walsall day....
He added: “I want my players to come out in environments like this and interact with not just kids but supporters too.
“But, if our supporters are going to be negative to players when they’re on the pitch then it’s harder for me to tell the players to be here or there for presentations or coaching sessions.
“They probably think ‘why should I support the local community when I’m not getting full support from them?’
There might be the odd thing contractually, but it is very difficult to get players and also staff and go above and beyond the call of duty. You might get the odd one or two and an odd senior player who perhaps thinks of getting some coaching experience for post playing career.
The best way to go about this stuff is through FiTC, but people need to realise the curious symbiosis here, although FiTC wouldn't exist without the club, they are completely separate, and as such FiTC can't rely on STFC staff. So in an official sense these sort of occasional special events are fine...
I'll return to the original point raised in the week... Wellens needs to
it, players not wanting to do the out of hours stuff has nothing to do with fans, but everything to do with players just not feeling suited to say teaching 30 stroppy kids after school, or having to get back to London etc because they've stuff to do and are feeling a bit knackered.