Love it - charge parents £4000 a week then nick the best kids for free and still parents fall for the propaganda 🤣🤣 “…Next Monday, during half-term, dozens of children will pack into Chelsea’s training ground. These players have not been selected. Rather, they will be at Cobham because their parents have paid for coaching. Each week at Chelsea, parents pay £120 an hour for children to receive one-on-one coaching. This is merely a glimpse of how clubs monetise parents. A two-week camp at Charterhouse School next summer, during which children train for up to 24 hours each week with Chelsea coaches, costs £4,700. Training is so bespoke that there are even goalkeeping camps…” telegraph.co.uk/football/202…

Charlie Tasker 🅰️ 🤝 Dajaune Brown ⚽️ The inside underlapping run from Tasker and lovely cross on his weaker foot to find Brown’s intelligent movement. Superb goal 😮‍💨 #RAFC

SEAN DYCHE: “I spent about £9m in 2014 with Burnley and we went down on 33 points. Kompany got 24 points after spending £127m, and he got the Bayern job. “Come on, I don’t know how that works. I wish I was doing it. I wish I’d left the club £127m in debt and got the Bayern job.”

Charlie Tasker appreciation 👏 For someone so young with little experience, he has been excellent He plays with such composure and maturity to his game. Out of the position at LB yesterday and didn’t put a foot wrong. Defensively solid. Tidy on the ball. Driving runs. #RAFC

𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 🎙️ Back in the dugout after a 1-game absence, manager @TylerChambers_ reacts to two disappointing defeats this week against Kingstonian and Punjab United #HTFC 💜🩵

🚨Jorge Jesus on Cristiano Ronaldo’s role for Portugal against Denmark: 🗣️ Jorge Jesus: “I respect Cristiano Ronaldo enormously, but respect does not mean he has to be the main character every time Portugal plays. Cristiano is 41 now. He is not the same player he was at 25, 28 or even 32, and pretending otherwise would be unfair to him and unfair to the team. I didn’t call him up because I believe Portugal must play every match around him. I called him because he still has experience, personality and a level of leadership that can be valuable to this group. “But against Denmark, if I need players to press for 90 minutes, run behind the defence, recover the ball and constantly change positions, I will choose the players who can give me that today. I am not going to put Cristiano on the pitch simply because his name is Ronaldo. That would be managing the reputation of a player rather than managing the national team. If I need him for 20 minutes, he plays 20. If I need him for 30, he plays 30. And if I don’t need him, he can sit beside me and help the younger players understand what it means to represent Portugal. “Cristiano has already had his time as the player everyone had to build around. He doesn’t need me to pretend otherwise. His greatest contribution now may not be scoring the winning goal or playing every minute. It may be walking into that dressing room, looking at the younger players and telling them what he learned after 20 years at the highest level. That is leadership too. I want him to understand that being important doesn’t always mean being on the pitch. “And I know some people will be angry because they hear ‘Cristiano Ronaldo’ and immediately think he must play. But I cannot select a player because of his history. I select him because of what he can give me today. Cristiano gave Portugal extraordinary moments, but those moments belong to the past. Against Denmark, I need to win the match in the present. If that means Cristiano starts, he starts. If it means he sits, he sits. Portugal owes Cristiano respect, but Portugal owes the team the truth.”

Club Statement: Brett Munyard Read here 👇 pitchero.com/clubs/aveley/ne… #BackTheMillers | #TogetherAveley