"It is absolutely vital that young players are given support right from the start, " said Rebecca Symes, Sport Psychologist from British organization Sporting Success, who argues the amount of psychological support available to footballers decreases as they progress into the first team.

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This ingredient, he argues, can make the difference between the success and failure of those strategies.

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But Mr Eisner argues that there are some general principles that increase the chances of success.

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Success often means wringing as much as possible from inadequate capital assets: the British public sector, argues Tony Travers of the London School of Economics, is typically trying to deliver continental European levels of service with American levels of tax.

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