", Alistair Gray: "There are some good things going on and we're learning from the first four years of the programme and making a small number of changes that will make a significant impact.

These players beat Mexico 3-1. It will be a pragmatic but impactful series of recommendations that come out in the next few months.". I've been part of it, I set up the performance school in Aberdeen, I understand the financial restrictions that clubs work under in trying to fund their development programme. In the Scottish Premiership, five clubs finished the campaign with less than half of the players who appeared for them being Scottish. "The [SFA] coaching courses are well regarded and endorsed by Uefa, but once someone has their badge, where do they go? I know of one Premiership club that is putting one of their youth coaches out to manage a League Two club next year. So in what state is youth development in Scotland and is the Club Academy Scotland structure devised by Mark Wotte after he was appointed performance director in 2011 working? Deas who was on loan at Alloa Athletic in the Championship last season, has represented Scotland at under-17 and under-19 level. ", Scot Gemmill: "Everybody's keen to learn from [Iceland], but our under-17s beat Iceland three or four months ago. h:mm a z, US/Eastern .

These players beat Mexico 3-1. We have more full-time coaches in our academy. "They've got loads at Aberdeen. He is Caley Thistle’s second signing of the transfer window, after Shane Sutherland signed from Elgin City, although terms were agreed during January. Alistair Gray: "It's the short-term aim of the manager to get a quick fix to save their job over the course of the season. It will be a pragmatic but impactful series of recommendations that come out in the next few months. "The last three of four years have been the worst economic positions for Scottish club. With Aberdeen, I had two centres, one in Edinburgh and one in Dundee, that I had to close because we couldn't afford it and we had only one full-time coach. I don't think it's the manager, the club employs the manager, so if you're a board of directors and you have a policy of one [academy graduate into the first-team squad] a season into your squad then you tell the manager that.

I have some targets to try to get some players into the first-team, but there's not a directive. Roddy Kennedy has signed for Strathspey Thistle. There are good players coming through. Get a digital copy of the Inverness Courier delivered straight to your mobile or tablet every week.

"There are 50 full-time coaches in the current Club Academy Scotland system; it could be more. The key thing is to reduce the number of academies - there are 2,500 players in the Club Academy Scotland system - and that number has to reduce and more has to be done with the [best] players. Caley Thistle beat off interest from Dunfermline Athletic, Dundee and Raith Rovers to bring the 20-year-old to the Caledonian Stadium. That's a very positive sign, a bit like a loan. Inverness Caley Thistle can't afford a development programme let alone employ someone to manage that programme. They really didn't have the appetite or the resources to do so over the last few years. We have our own school, we have 14 full-time staff, so we can double the training units that I was used to in Glasgow. Only St Johnstone reached the informal target of 75% of their players being Scottish, while, of the 25 who played for Inverness Caledonian Thistle last season, only five were Scottish. Celtic can and Rangers could. We haven't professionalised youth coaching enough.

"The Scottish FA have enabled development loans to take place in the last couple of years that are now making a difference. 1. If you look at this year's under-19 squad, [Ryan] Hardie was playing first-team football, [Greg] Kiltie's playing first-team football, [Aidan] Nesbitt, Kyle Cameron was on loan at York City, Jack Breslin was on loan. There are now 31 academies, when there are 50-odd in Germany. 0 . Picture: Ken Macpherson The 19-year-old, who was on loan at Fort William last season, has joined the Grantown-on-Spey outfit. Are we identifying the future Scot Gemmills? He could make his competitive debut for the club when the League Cup starts on Tuesday, October 6. The key thing is to reduce the number of academies - there are 2,500 players in the Club Academy Scotland system - and that number has to reduce and more has to be done with the [best] players. Deas who was on loan at Alloa Athletic in the Championship last season, has represented Scotland at under-17 and under-19 level. We should be looking at Iceland. The tragic thing is that the players who are retained by their clubs get fewer games than the players who play for another club. ", Tommy Wilson: "We have produced a number of top coaches and managers [through the SFA's coaching courses] and not produced top players. SCO C. SCO C. HOM HOM. 17/10 FT . Liam Burt scored the winning goal and he made his debut for Rangers recently. [In Scotland] someone who is a plumber during the day, and they [coach] during the evening or at the weekends, they can't take the time off to do formal coaching qualifications. There are good players coming through.

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