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Be the next Charlie Austin....

http://www.samsungfootball.co.uk/procontract/

Ha cue Dave and Bennett entering.

hmmmm so does this mean Samsung are our new shirt sponsors???

That was my first thought aswell, looks like they will have a whole website dedicated to us aswell.

I think they could be replacing FIFA 10, as FourFourTwo will be doing a story on the person that wins through on a monthly basis.

http://www.samsungfootball.co.uk/procontract/profile/15/Tobi_Tobi%20Oganla

I hope he wins.

I fucking love our current board. Always thinking of new ways to give us exposure or additional income.

Flammable Ben for STFC starts here?

We nearly got him in the Adver hunks calendar, so I'm sure we can gloss over his footballing abilities!

i bloody wish i was a decent player! :(

Wish i was 20 years younger, oh and good at football, oh and sober. Can't believe all this stuff going on, at this rate we'll be number one club in the country soon.

I was going to enter via an out of body experience on account of visas taking to long to process (assuming I'd have to attend at least one training session a week as well as Saturday and Tuesday matches) but then I saw there's no "Region" for expats or overseas based talent and I decided that I might have a problem playing for such a narrow minded outfit. 

Really surprised that we got Samsung on board, this competition to find a new player is a fantastic idea. 

I just love what is being done to our club right now, both on the pitch and off it.  Just makes you wonder where we could be in five years time with the ambition the board is showing.

I was worrying that if we didnt get promoted this season we could what other clubs who have missed out on the play offs have done, which is then go on to struggle, but this board gives me hope. They are starting to build a really strong club and getting some really good links with the right people. I feel the club is heading in the right direction and even if we dont go up, i feel we are building a really strong platform to be continuosly competitive.

Its fantastic.

there are a few gems in the non leagues as charlie charlie ausatin has shown.
i hope we unearth another one.

Whats the point in finding young talent....if they fuck off at the first opportunity ala Henshall.

Great idea and a great incentive for youngsters in the area though to make the bigtime,it would be nice if we could hold onto them.

No good if they don't wanna stay Leefer. The lure of these massive clubs cannot be ignored.On the plus side by at least having the links with the clubs it gives us a better chance with players like ferry darby cuthbert and of course ward.Saves a bit on transfer fee's aswell

All the young player having their heard turned by the big clubs need to take a look at Adam Johnson.

Got his education at Middlesborogh, got a decent amount of first team games before he moved on.

Now playing most weeks for Man City. If you're good enough it will happen for you.

No need to rush into being a small fish in a big pond.

Good points DRS...........just cheezed off that every decent youngster we develop scarpers.

Agree with both of you but until we are financially in a position to keep hold of these lads we will have to keep plodding along. We have made a start by not accepting silly little bids any more though i suppose

At his age now and possible not even on a pro contract Henshalls not exactly going to net us much money.

An 19 year old pro with 100+ leagues under his belt would do.

Until there is a legal way of making him stay we can't do fuckall about itr though really can we.

Spot on Dave.

This is all somehow dead funny.  A bit like 'win a chance to be the queen' for a year, but more possible. do we have a get out clause if the winner is rubbish? 

It is though an amazing thing to be part of.  Just like loads of clubs round the country must have been going 'why didn't we think of that' when we signed the deal with four-four-two, they must be thinking the same now.   It's outrageous, but great publicity.
Still find it a bit hard to believe that Wilson likes the idea, but I guess they sold it to him.

Can't wait to see how this develops.

As for young players who haven't made it yet heading off to bigger clubs, think they are wrong and most examples prove that.  But you can't stop them if that's what they want to do.

If it's good enough for Inter, it's good enough for us.

I bet Yinka Casal enters

Bas Savage has  ;)

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has henshall gone then?
anyway if he has we'll be compensated. the youth system at clubs is to either bring lads through, or sell them.
that's the way it is and until we are big enough to poach lads cheaply,we'll be one of the clubs losing lads to bigger clubs.

I'd imagine there's zero risk to the club in this and expect Samsung to be footing the cost of the search and then the playing contract.

There's also the chance it could unearth more than one 'gem'....  Yes the winner gets the guaranteed contract for a year but there maybe others there worth adding to the squad that would have otherwise slipped through the net - it's not only the winners of X factor and BGT that go on to be 'successful' - they same applies here - I wonder they'll get the finalists to sign an exclusivity contract so that STFC get first option?!

Cant find Ricky Shakes profile on there. :D