“If you are not willing to own a stock for 10 years, do not even think about owning it for 10 minutes.” - I live in America and most individuals listening are American and we all love business. So here is my take on Why Player Development is Like The Stock market. For me, with my minimal education in the stock market, there are two main options when owning stocks: Short-Term and Long-Term.

The market is volatile and will change many times of the course of a year up and down; but in the long-term, the ROI is almost always up. The same process applies to player development. If you're in a good club with the right training, the short-term will be extremely volatile. Lose games, lose tournaments and sometimes poor results. But if you do NOT micro-manage and let the action take its course. In the long-run, it will pay OFF.