https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/25/daniel-amokachi-football-finland-too-nice-nigeria-everton?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

Very interesting article as Filip Valencic now plays in Finland for one of Aki Lahtinen's former clubs

http://inbedwithmaradona.com/journal/2016/8/24/a-lesson-from-lapland-billy-ions-and-kemi-kings

Good shares @Piethagoram, I just finished reading the first link.

Finland seem to be going about modernising the game there very well, England could take a lesson from them but it made me wonder why it is that Notts fail to polish rough gems? It seems we are best dealing with young players that have a lot of potential.

  On 26/09/2016 at 03:32, Piethagoram said:

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/25/daniel-amokachi-football-finland-too-nice-nigeria-everton?CMP=share_btn_tw

 

Very interesting article as Filip Valencic now plays in Finland for one of Aki Lahtinen's former clubs

i dont get why we never gave him a chance to start? seemed to be a player that would fit the js system.

@liampieAt least I witnessed his fantastic strike at Crawley.  Why Jamie dropped him for the next game, was quite frankly unbelievable. I remembering writing on here, jokingly Jamie saying. " Players that can score spectacular goals have no place in my side"  

He was offered a chance to stay and earn a new contract but chose to further his career elsewhere. He maybe never had the physical presence to survive League 2

It's not easy to promote football in Finland as Ice Hockey is massive there, but they do at least seem to be going the right way about it. Only ever seen one game over there - a couple of years ago -  and the atmosphere was decent at the main new stadium in Helsinki.