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There are 11-a-side tournaments -- albeit the cup kind -- for the age groups mentioned in the report, the one about the football festival. Sorry, that kind of got left off in lieu of a certain team's boycott.
As to the U17 girl's team, any one can still join.
Which reminds me, this is why precisely, the CebuFA needs to have their own website, so issues and questions raised can be answered directly. Instead of me having to answer it for them, hereby reinforcing the belief, which someone has expressed to a fellow reporter, that I am in their payroll.
Frankly folks, if I am to charge, the way Manila reporters charge, for football's publicity here in Cebu, the only money left for CebuFA won't be enough to buy one single decent stud.
As to the U17 girl's team, any one can still join.
Which reminds me, this is why precisely, the CebuFA needs to have their own website, so issues and questions raised can be answered directly. Instead of me having to answer it for them, hereby reinforcing the belief, which someone has expressed to a fellow reporter, that I am in their payroll.
Frankly folks, if I am to charge, the way Manila reporters charge, for football's publicity here in Cebu, the only money left for CebuFA won't be enough to buy one single decent stud.
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as for the CebuFA under17 ladies team, i hope the coaches seek out those players from Science High School. they are tall, athletic and fast. KTEC trained them well. some are even former elementary gymnasts, thats why they are athletically gifted.
an official CebuFA website might be informative when it comes to game schedules and results, and CebuFA and PFF official anouncements or news - but it won't be the same opinion/idea-generating venue that your blog has become. i even have more trust even in some ramblings posted here than in the facts and figure posted elsewhere. for sure, a CebuFA official website will be self-serving and criticism free site.
that is why i am hoping that all brackets should be tournament type, 11 a side for P12above and 7 aside for P10below. this is not about winning festivals and tournaments and bragging about it. this is about developing skills and tactics that is best achieved when teams and players play in tournaments.
if there has to be changes in age-classification then i hope CebuFA will clarify it as early as possible. last season, the Red Ribbon P14 was billed as a try-out for the PFF u14 but more than half of those who played in the RedRibbon wasn't qualified for the PFF team because the cutoof date was 1992 for the PFF while the RedRibbon was 1991.
many players born 1993 weren't even invited - players who could have ran rings around those who were invited for the PFF try-outs. these players also had dreams to play for the country. who are the CebuFA to decide who should try-out and who should not.
for me, that one distinct act of "garapal" favoritism proved once and for all how incompetent the CebuFA is when it comes to youth development. the same act also makes me doubt present and future CebuFA teams. i have no intention to put down the players who has been selected or pre-selected to these teams, but if some of cebufootball's best players are not even invited to try-out, then CebuFA might just as well not hold try-outs at all. better to be honest and show favoritism than raise the hopes of players only to discourage them by playing favorites.
again, these players has dreams too, not just those pre-selected to join.
that is why i am not a fan of try-outs when it comes to CebuFA teams. i would prefer holding tournaments for a particular bracket then let the champion team represent cebufootball. if the winning coach wishes to add reinforcements then it's his prerogative. he should not be pressured to take in players not familiar with his system, no matter how good a player may be in another system. remember the saying - "a champion team will always be better than a team of champions."
i'd like to see tournaments being organized and champion teams earning the right to represent cebufootball. no more favoritism and politics. just football.
ronaldo-I made this observation before that I didnt see much DBTC players during the PFF 1992 try-outs.Werent they invited?
no DBTC players went to the try-out because they weren't invited.
from what i know, there was no direct contact made regarding the under14 PFF tryouts. in fact john carmona called up coach joselito bono because he wanted to see the DBTC elementary team of 1993-1994 born players (which went on to win the Palarong Pambansa elementary football crown going up against obvious high school players) and wondered why they weren't there during the tryouts because he wanted to see the boys, but unfortunately his tight schedule prevented him from going to their training and observe the boys.
if CebuFA shows proof that the DBTC players were invited (other than the newspaper report) i would change my made immediatly with regards CebuFA. but i know that no such invitation was made. why - your guess is as good as mine.
why would an invitation - to a PFF national team tryout - be made in just a newspaper report ? does a phonecall to the coaches to personally inform them of the tryouts cost millions in cebu ?
i would rather not comment on the chances the DBTC boys might have had if they were given the chance to try-out because i would not be the best person to make such an assessment. what i would rather stress is the fact that CebuFA did not invite them to try-out. that team won all eleven a side tournaments that could be won last season, yet they were purposely not invited. they defeated champion teams from BaguioFA, NOFA and NCRFA yet CebuFA decided they were not good enough to tryout for the PFF under14.
however, i would also like to say that the 3 Springdale players deserved to be in that squad, in fact i expected 2 more from springdale, 2 from abellana and 1 from city central to be at least part of the training pool. however, i am convinced that more cebuanos would have made it to the team if only CebuFA did their job and not played favorites.
just one more reason why cebufootball is going to the dogs. great job CebuFA.
whether or not DBTC players could have made it to the team is not the issue. the issue is how come they weren't invited. for me, an inviutation thru a press release is not an invitation. let's be honest - i would be a naive fool if i would think that the other schools were just informed thru the papers. CebuFA personally informed and reminded the other coaches regarding the tryouts. with DBTC, they did not. why - again your guess is as good as mine.
i learned about the tryouts AFTER it happened and when somebody told me that John Carmona was asking where were the DBTC players. that was when i learned that there was a press release informing players born 1992 about the tryouts.
DBTC has no representation in the CebuFA board. there are three from both Springdale and CIS and three others from mens teams.
CebuFA should have regular coaches meetings, where the coaches can be properly informed about upcoming tryouts, tournaments or developments. i have been hesitant to publicly agree with some sectors that CebuFA is publicity dependent but i will have to agree in this case. relying on a press release for official announcements was wrong. some coaches also are PE instructors and may not have the time to scan the sports pages regularly. a sport governing body should not take that chance.
however, if CebuFA resorted to that method so that some quarters will not be able to come to the tryouts, then shame on them. if that was their intention, then they definitely succeeded in NOT giving several of cebufootball's finest the chance to shine in the international arena.
so that their affiliated players will have a better chance of joining the national team or to bring down other football programs - many would be a fool not to think so.
I think the reason that they do not inform is so that springdale and teams other than don bosco will have more chances. I myself am a fan of Paref but this is just really wrong Maximo does not know his priorities as a Presisent and i think he should start acting up like a good one because since his term, Cebu football has declined especially with the stop of 11 aside games for all ages.
or was that just another empty promise.
for example, when i hear an issue regarding Sambag football (Hiroshi, Abellana or City Central) i'll simply talk with any of their coaches when i get the chance and then make my own assesment of their situation - based on their side. for collegiate football - UC, USJR, USC and UV coaches or players are just a "kumusta bai" away. wondering about a call i am not familiar or have a problem with - the referees can be approached several days after the game and a simple "ngano man diay to" usually gets a clarification. want to reminice about cebufootball history, a "kahinumdom ka bai" at the sidelines during games will get lips flapping.
sponsors ? i know what needs to be done to run a business, that's why i tend to look at CebuFA problems as a failure in basic management. their approach and handling of sponsors would shock even the lowest managerial position. a definite goal and a development plan is automatic for any enterpreneur - thus it is a disaster that the CebuFA doesn't have any.
i try to watch all the games, whether or not my favored teams are playing. and i watch it alongside players and coaches, and not with parents and yayas, so i can listen to their comments based on experience and share some of my own.
all that and of course a passion for the game keeps me posting here and in other forums.
the next CebuFA elections - i have no idea. but the buying of voting rights is still allowed thus i am expecting Springdale and CIS to still dominate the next board. i am totally against the buying of voting rights because it means that any Tom, Dick or Harry can come in and determine cebufootball policy. yes, an owner of his own company with NO football background and a sidewalk vendor with NO football background can sit, side by side, as a CebuFA director and determine the path of cebufootball, as long as they have 100pesos to spare.
that is why we are experiencing this "garapal" favoritism right now.
the CebuFA board should be composed by those with genuine stakes in cebufootball, either recognized coaches, official team representatives or school administrators/atheletic directors. cebufootball policies should be formulated by those who knows the game. other people may come in to implement these policies, in the form of a managing team or tournament directors.
if worse comes to worse and the same system we have right now is still in place for several more years, then come join me at the belfry of the Cebu Cathedral and help me toll the mourning bells for cebufootball.
Your too quick to say that the system of this administration is "garapal" without remembering that during the last aministration when you were still sitting at the board you were appointing replacements left and right who has done nothing also except having their pictures taken at the opening and closing cremonies. In short this bata bata system is just a continuation of what you have done in the past.
If we have to elect another set of officials we have to make sure that nobody in the past and present will make it to ensure a complete change in the system.
if you are here to defend the present CebuFA, then please post your opinions to the issues raised or to the points made. that is what this blog/forum is all about.
one other thing, if you can look beyond your loyalty to the incumbent CebuFA board, try to read and understand the reason behind this issue. we are discussing ways on how to make cebufootball better by pointing out our mistakes. i haven't read any posts here (from me or from anyone else) that has even remotely proposed that we put the past administration back in control.
cebufootball is bleeding, and no answer or cure has come from CebuFA. that's the reason why we raised issues (for or against) them here. since you obviously support the incumbents, then perhaps you can tell us about their development program and how they will implement it.
i will look forward to you showing us that.
if there is one.
anyway, the CebuFA is the recognized authority in cebufootball, that is why people are expecting them to lead us from point a to point b. what "bai" wants us to believe is that just because the previous administration displayed favoritism, it is therefore alright for the incumbents to display their own acts of favoritism. that is one of the main reasons why cebufootball will never progress.
"bai", you and the incumbent CebuFA cannot keep using the acts of the previous administration as an excuse for your shortcomings. the CebuFA's job is not to point out past mistakes but to prevent future ones so that we can truly develop football here.
"bai", perhaps you may have benifited from acts of favoritism from the CebuFA now - well good for you. but are you sure that the favor you recieved, perhaps at the expense of others, benifited cebufootball as a whole ? if it didn't, then you have done a very selfish act - putting your interest above that of the majority.
that is the reason why the CebuFA board should be composed ONLY of official representatives of teams and schools. that way, whatever policy they formulate has at least the approval of the majority. putting cebufootball's future in the hands of just one group will never solve our problems. the interests and agenda of that group will always be prioritized and not that of the majority.