Cam Bragg/Tonda Eckert

[stevematthews635]

Lovely interview with Cam Bragg up on YouTube. I wish I had his drive and composure at 20!

He comes across so well and his obvious love for Saints is clear to see.

Its always great when a local lad comes through and Tonda seems to have instilled a great belief in our youngsters and trusts them.  Its clear Bragg adores him.

For the first time in many years I am genuinely excited that our younger players have a pathway.

I think Tonda and the club can do great things together.  For too many years our youngsters have been ignored with no real pathway and/or fed to the wolves (Dibling).

With Tonda they are being managed responsibly but have a clear pathway.

[Turkish]

Hi Tonda, 👋🏼👋🏼👋🏼

[BarberSaint]

Very good interview though.

I can only imagine he was having a hard time when someone told him he'd only be a national league player at best. Contract extension needed for him.

[Nordic Saint]

 

Sport Republic seem to have finally found a model that works, more by luck than judgement. You have a coach who takes the young players through the U21s and then into the first team with him. You rarely get that sort of continuity. Who knew? 

"Tonda Eckert has the luxury of working with the academy players and knows what each of them is capable of. As far as Sillah Dibaga is concerned, Eckert had been working on the winger's defensive skills, playing him as a wing-back in the Under-21s."

Sillah-Dibaga makes an honest pledge after making surprising Southampton debut

Edited 4 hours ago by Nordic Saint