The After Academy Roundtable - Presented by Trent Alexander-Arnold
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- Опубліковано 27 кві 2023
- A very special roundtable discussion lead by Trent Alexander-Arnold alongside Steven Gerrard, Steve Sidwell, Liam MacDevitt & Tash Jordan. The discussion follows the announcement of The After Academy - a project founded by Trent in partnership with the PFA. The After Academy is an initiative that will provide career opportunities for former academy players who wish to forge a new career path outside of professional football.
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Absolutely needed in today’s generation YNWA thank you
It's good to see you express another side of yourself, especially in a way where you can hopefully help others mentally.
He actually took the "How may I assist you?" off the pitch.
I didn't know KDB also assisting off the pitch too..
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Libra stellium, he wants to create balance and fairness in the world😌
Trents a mature young man beyond his age with humility and emphaty. A future Liverpool captain who will continue influencing young Scousers like his idol Stevie did.
You can tell he really cares as well, not just PR, so lucky to have Trent a beautiful footballer as well
If only he could track a runner
@@Butterratbee what like you can 😂
@@Inspirationala no,like someone getting paid crazy amounts of money to do exactly that should 😉
@@Inspirationala I could. He gets paid millions a year but he’s constantly jogging as the man he should be tracking is sprinting. It’s shameful how little effort he puts in sometimes
Ever since I've known Trent and watched all his interviews talking about his early academy days, he has always been so vocal about this issue. I've never seen any another footballer highlighting this with so much passion as Trent. He is such an incredibly mature young man.
extremely proud of this man ! what a great initiative . shows what a genuine person he is ❤
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Gotta love the way Stevie G can have a laugh at himself to make others there feel better about themselves. Absolute Class act 👍
As a Liverpool fan in South Africa, who's completely obsessed with Trent, I've often looked at his childhood photos wearing a LFC jersey and thought to myself "this boy probably knows nothing else but LFC and football" (not in a negative way, but as my limited knowledge of his personal life).. I then compared him to Steven Gerrard and thought that he was identical in his development and exposure (again, with my limited knowledge of their personal lives).. The thought made me uncomfortable with where I imaged they'd end up as people, just because I've come to love them so much as a fan of theirs.. This video showed me that what i imaged was actually not only accurate, but worse in terms of the plight of players that don't make it.. However, it also shows me that the players, especially Trent for me, is keenly aware of what he doesn't know and is ready to change that, not only for himself, but for others.. That makes me so relieved and happy to see.. If it does that for me, 20,000km away as just a fan, i can only image what those affected may be feeling about it.. Good on you Trent.. You're a man of extremely high quality.. Much younger than me, but I'm inspired everyday by you from half way across the globe.. #YNWA
Great comment. Relate to every single word of it.
Looks like you will be kidnapping him soon cheers bro 😂
@@Kalophain14 Don't know what you mean, but it's funny 🤣🤣
Well said ! Always have admired Trent but after watching this video my admiration for him has grown bigger ! 😊YNWA ❤
Class on and off the pitch. Top work from you Trent 👏 👏
Really generous of everyone involved to share so much, especially Liam and Tash, this will help so many people, well done everyone involved.
Wonder if Liam & Tash stay in touch or if they're mates now
Trent bro as a man who’s trying to build his own mental health support organisation for men thank you for raising awareness of the topic. I’d love to work or get any advice off yourself or others. I’m taking the steps to ensure I do everything right to provide the support needed for men and lads fighting depression and low self worth. Keep the conversation going and again mate any advice you have will be massively appreciated
I’m super impressed that Trent didn’t just talk about this but has made the initiative to solve this problem. Leader ❤ love him more now.
Its great to see young footballers players like trent and rashford caring about other people around them 😊
This is future captain stuff. Trent is a gem. To be this aware of how lucky he is, and not to forget about those who didn't quite make it is a credit to his upbringing. As a lifelong Liverpool supporter, he embodies everything I want to see in my club. These conversations are so important. Every player who has made it owes something to those who didn't. There's no youth systems without players who don't make it in the professional game, these kids need to be looked after. To have that much pressure on you at a young age, sometimes at the cost of your education outside of football, and then to have that suddenly pulled away is devestating. Chances are that nothing that big will have happened to these lads at the age they were dropped, and they won't have had the emotional framework to deal with it properly. Hopefully conversations like this and Trent's foundation will bring about a massive change in how the youth system deals with kids who don't make it.
YNWA.
Incredibly proud of you Trent. Love you to bits.
The undisputed king of English Rightbacks, pure class on and off the pitch.
Thats ludicrous, Klopp changed the system because Trent isnt a right back.A decent defender but to call him Englands right back is delusional
@@grahamsmith1978 let the guy have his moment mate
He can't defend to save his life though he's lazy, he doesn't trackback and a ballwatcher. Delusion or bias at its finest.
@@PredatorChin He won the Premier League and Champions league as a right back. I'd love to be as lazy as him!!!
@@PredatorChin you aren't wrong, as a lfc fan who watches all the games, but he still gets in 99.9% of any team.
Absolutely great to see what Trents doing. So many people look up to trent, and he sets an amazing example to younger people! Great work, lad.
Smart! TAA - The After Academy ( also stands for Trent Alexander-Arnold ). Brilliant 🔥
Using his platform to speak about this is magnificent. So thoughtful. May this movement thrive 🎉🎉🎉
Makes me even happier to be a Liverpool fan this will help a lot of lads being released cope and help get back on their feet world class from TAA and all involved!!! Having the legend Stevie G a guest sharing his experience from academy to player to coach brilliant that!!!
Massive respect to Trent and the guys. Hopefully clubs, leagues, FA etc will step up and help these players for the future.
An inspiration on and off the pitch. Proud of you Trent.❤
im not a liverpool fan but ive gotta respect it, good idea to help those released by the academy system.
Been needed for a long time. Too many young players with young minds, end up exiting elite sport without the life skills they need to build a new life possibly away from football. Congrats and very best wishes, TAA.
great job TAA can’t wait to see you achieve more in the future ❤
Really important conversation. I see a lot of similarities here between people leaving high level sports and people leaving the military. I think in both situations people are almost institutionalised and their vocation becomes their identity. I hope we can support these young people into becoming valuable assets to society even outside of their first choice careers. Thanks all for having and sharing this conversation 👏
Fair play from a United fan, this has definitely made me see Trent in a different way, you can see the empathy in Trent's eyes.
when the academy first started and got announced i thought it was a PR stunt. but after this video and seeing some other videos and research he actually fully cares about this and wants to help and i think that’s great because people need help more than we think
That's more important than the top 4 or the assists. You're excellent on and off the pitch🙏 love you so much🫀♥️
Outstanding vision young man . As a Liverpool fan , I’m absolutely blown away by your standards 🇮🇪👌
I respect this round table so much! I'm only 24 and the thoughts of personal/mental growth wasn't a tough to talk up, the best thing I have done is talk about how I'm feeling. No matter what you do in life please talk about how you're feeling is always the best way of getting over that feeling and, everyone that struggles with day to day life You'll Never Walk Alone
Well done Trent for shining the light on a problem that needs addressing within the Academy system. Best of luck with your new initiative I hope it supports the changes needed to improve.
Massive well done Trent for the initiative ❤
Just stumbled on this gem of a conversation. Huge congrats to Trent and the team for putting this together. A lot of young boys/girls going into football or already in academies need to hear this. It would also be good to hear from the clubs perspective. Why don't they do these things? Is it financial? Is it staffing? Is it logistics? It seems only right that young folks that give a good portion of their young years are looked after in the event it doesn't pan out.
This video has really resonated with me. It felt like they was talking about some points of my life as a kid
Great idea to show the other side of football and academies in this case, not only a great footballer but also a great person, not many would do this type of content
I do not know where the course of the channel will follow, but it would be good a comparison of current training with sports scientists, and have some player of previous generation to observe what he thinks
@@AIIXIII0 If it would be great to see how an elite athlete lives and thinks, and that helps all children what they can live, show them the way to reach a certain level, and how it improves after being accentuated in the first team, from basic training to neuroscience
عظيم ما فعلته، نتمنى أن تزيد هذه المبادرات بين المؤثرين في المجتمع ليستفيد من لم يحالفه الحظ في هذه الحياة❤️
I'm so proud of you Trent for allowing others to tell their stories whether through football or otherwise. Beautiful initiative. Y.N.W.A.
So proud of you
You are my favourite football players
You so warm heart and nice person 🤍❤️
I always support you Trent ❤️🦁💪🏽
The greatest full back the game has ever seen ❤️
He will be there, but not quiet there yet at the moment
Dani alves hold my beer.
@JL J Maldini
@JL J no, he played left back most of his career
It's honorable that you are using your position to discuss these topics, Trent.
You're establishing yourself as a leader amongst this generation of footballers.
Thank you for putting this together, and best of luck with your career on and off the pitch!
This is fantastic and I hope all clubs listen to things like this and get on the support structures to help with aftercare, well done Trent and for such a young man it shows your character as a man who does really care , this should of been up and running for years by the FA and clubs should of been handing over the boys to the FA for evaluation and get them the help they deserved as I'm sure clubs wouldn't mind paying money towards it along with the FA .. YNWA Trent
So impressive this depth and openness from those different generation of players with so varying degrees of success but common struggles though. Much respect. And much love too.
What an enlightening watch. Great insight. Sometimes we forget the journey these young lads go on and how not all of them are going to get
there. It is so important to have the necessary processes in place to help the ones that are going to need it.
This needs to be widely shared. Trent you’re a role model on and off the pitch.
What a great discussion and an incredible initiative. Proud is an understatement. ❤️
Love this initiative Trent 👏 Would love to explore a potential collab! 🚀
I have admired you as a player for a long time, but I am even more proud of you as a man. I think this is a great initiative that you are starting Trent. I can't wait to see where it goes from here. #YNWA
This is such an great idea Trent. So many people will benefit from this, both in and out of footy. Awesome conversation. Looking forward to more!
So much respect to all for sharing your stories and allowing yourselves to be vulnerable. The impact this will have on the younger generation who can relate to your experience is so important, great work 👏👏
Trent mate this is incredible work, football's been calling out for this for decades.
This is so great, I can't explain how incredible what you're trying to do. Giving them hope, assurance, guidance, and what you call safety net, especially in their low times,, they're lucky. I hope this will help a lot. Keep us updated!!🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻
Such a good initiative taken. Pure class from this man.
I've played with various "American" academies throughout my career and from personal experience, Tash's story is most relatable. I can only blame myself for not pushing myself to achieve what I was destined to be, however, I wish there was a better "academy" system in the states rather than it having the perception of being a "money scheme." I really enjoyed this video! Cheers!
A humble young man. An inspiration to the young generation and using his platform to help others
Thank you so much for doing this, much appreciated 👋🏾
What a fantastic convo fellas thanks ! I hope some of the young ones listen and learn from this👏👏👏❤️👊🙏
I wish the English league allowed a second team that compete in the league like Spain would give more chance to players. And it’s great to see Trent shining a light on things that are swept under the carpet. Keep up the good work. And god bless you
Brilliant work, Trent. And well done to everyone else as well. Absolutely crucial that this spotlight is shone. All the best, pal.
Wise beyond his years is Trent, an exceptional footballing talent and an even better person. Fair play to you young man 👏
Ahead of his time. I def believe his passion for this area of football and the approach he is taking will effect some positive changes. Looking forward to what’s coming down the pipeline. We have to take care of players and it starts at the youth level - boys and girls. I’d love to be a part of his initiative.
This was beautiful, very emotional. Much love from South Africa!
Top class on and off the pitch, love this Trent lad👏
Amazing. Keep doing what you are doing. You're helping so many people! 👊
I have been supporting Liverpool since the early 70's and have vague recollections watching Liverpool win first UEFA cup in 1973 against Monchengladbach on an old black and white transistor television. We all had our players we admired over the years but even though they're footballers they're still human. There should be more of this content shown on social media platforms.
This is brilliant, simply brilliant. All of you young hopefuls should watch and listen and hopefully benefit from this. I never achieved any heights as a footballer but playing it as a sport has still helped me to connect with hundreds of people over the years whilst I live my life and enjoy other careers. I hope TAA gains reaction and support in all the ways that it needs it. Well done, Mr Alexander-Arnold.
so proud of you for this, Trent! ❤️
Well done Trent, about time that someone highlighted this. Giving support to those young people who don’t make it is crucial for those who don’t make to adjust into a more normal life. That’s going to be very difficult for some as their dreams have just been shattered and they don’t know where to go or who to turn to. Well done again and I truly hope that by doing this these youngsters don’t ever feel like a failure in such a competitive environment where only such a small percentage mage the grade. Best of luck with everything you do 👍
Trent im incredibly proud of you, not just for what you do on the pitch but what you do to inspire all of us, and now you are doing off the pitch, genuinely proud of you la
Nice initiative Trent, this roundtable shows certain facets of football that people don't know. And I think that this initiative on your part will help more than one.
Fair play I respect Trent after this. A lad with a good heart
This was epic and is so overdue and needed in and out of the game. Excellent and sad at the same time. Well done Trent.
I emailed Ben Thornely (ex MUFC and MUTV pundit) about this subject a few months ago, how acadameys treat their talent and whether its bad. He was very keen to talk but didn't. Glad to see this coming out. I know loads of Irish lads who were broken by the experience.
Amazing watch and a great topic to discuss!! Up most respect to Trent for starting this conversation and getting people thinking. Change doesn’t come over night, but it has to start somewhere.
Brilliant conversation. Love this initiative Trent👏🙌❤
I love Trent ❤.
He keeps growing on me💯
Thank you for this Trent
so glad ure doing this, such an important thing to talk about
Great video lad keep up the form in the new role and good luck sunday 🔴YNWA
what a genuine and thoughtful player🫶🫶🫶 great off and on the pitch
Fascinating and novel video. More of these please, Trent.
Great stuff well done Trent
Really impressed seeing this from an active footballer. Well done bro
Absolutely excellent! The conversation about a plan B is so important, and not just for footballers. Great stuff Trent!
Brilliant this mate I know from family members how difficult it can be to get to and maintain the dream. Well in mate and brilliant of the lads to go on camera and share their stories YNWA 💪💪🏿
Eye opening panel. Great job.
Good to hear people like this discussing problems at the academy there does need to be more help and more can be done even at teams like your Yeovil towns and Boltons it can be done 👌 brilliant 👏👏
Good luck with the channel!
Enjoying your game since your debut season and that skinny,talented, inspiring,focused young kid. Always a breath of fresh air. Keep it up Trent!
Looking forward like mad for the new season...
Irrelevant P.S.: You guys,try convincing Klopp for a longer stay...
Great video from production, people, the problems and the mission!
appreciate you posting this trent.
So proud of you! What a legend
Well done Trent, a great initiative,
Great watch. This is applicable to all sports. Well done, looking forward to the following up.
So much respect to you for doing this Trent❤️⚽️
This is a excellent conversation that is needed and I hope some of the topics discussed action is took at the clubs. Not just the clubs put the PFA. As a ex player and without going into too much detail on here my story should be heard. I remember the club only protecting themselves and not caring at all about the players.
What legend on and off the pitch 👑❤️🔥
That was a great vid to watch. I’ve learned a lot that I can use to help my Sons. Also their teammates. It’s grassroots football they play. Hopefully I can help them reach for their dreams and manage their expectations with plan B/C etc. Thank you again for this vid today!
Absolutely class from you trent lad!
Such a beautiful initiative that recognises something that is most often left out . We grow up thinking we can be a footballer , or a doctor, or a lawyer...and when those dreams come to a sudden halt after years of dedication , we are often left with nothing, or at least that is what it looks like. Especially when it comes to sports like football, mental health is often considered a weakness , or a lack of quality and for that very reason...I appreciate what you have done . This should be an inspiration for not just football ...but for all those who feel left out after their dreams ended or ....did they ??
In the end...whatever tag we wear (footballer, academy player, doctor , lawyer , engineer) is the result of what we are as a person , and it is not what defines us or our potential.
Well done Trent! What an inspiration ❤ More should be done for the children/young men who don't make it! YNWA
i knew i made the right choice when i decided trent was my favourite footballer on and off the pitch YNWA❤
Powerful conversation, I can only imagine how impactful this and the TAA will be for those who have to leave football at an early age. Would have loved for Dean Forbes to share his experience at this table as well.