Pointless as the little angels at premier clubs will never cope with the hairy arsed players of the lower leagues, if they want to expose the young players to real football just keep loaning them into the lower leagues, this only helps the stockpiling of young players at big clubs.
The football league teams should refuse to play in it.
Agree.
Yet FL teams get fined if they change 6 players from the previous league game because it 'devalues' the competition.
Or I'd play the "How many players can we injure in a game" tactic?
Put the young Arsenal players against a League 2 bruiser team, let them just give them a kickin!
Yet can make 11 changes for the fa cup all done to suit bigger teams, let them have their under 21 league on tv whenever I have seen a game in it they are a hard watch as there is very little intensity and having no crowd in the big stadiums kills it.
We would take 40k to Wembley for a final how many are going to travel to watch Sunderland U21's v Watford U21's in a final
Hardly any would go, do I take it then we could enter a team in their under 21 league so we could get some of the tv revenue
Article says only category 1 academy clubs which there are 16 of.
Yes, this would be a disgrace, one of the main pints to the competition is to enable a league one/two club a genuine chance of winning a cup like the FA Trophy does for non league clubs. What next scrap get permission to led academy u18's play in that too?http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...gotiations-for-under-21-teams-to-enter-johns/
Pretty disgraceful move in my view if it does happen.
Nothing like devaluing the lower leagues even more.
Watford U21's away in a competitive match anyone???
Its all a bit of a shambles. Are they having a PL U21s or are they playing in the JPT? What happens when the top teams leave the PL to form a European League as has been suggested recently?
The FL, FA and possibly UEFA and FIFA as well need to sit down and come up with a long term plan.
To me the best option is regional reserve leagues like we used to have with promotion and relegation. You could even have play offs to decide a national winner if you wanted.
The simple fact is they need to stop the top clubs grabbing all the talent. The problem isn't that competitive football isn't available, the problem is clubs have 50+ players who aren't in the first team. Stop them signing so many and leave them playing in the lower divisions, along with resurrecting reserve teams, and you've got no problem.
Exactly Trojan horse and all that, next step league games.Yes, this would be a disgrace, one of the main pints to the competition is to enable a league one/two club a genuine chance of winning a cup like the FA Trophy does for non league clubs. What next scrap get permission to led academy u18's play in that too?
IMO they will use this as a vehicle to push for b teams in league one, two and the conference.
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Don't see a problem with it so long as they have to declare their U21 squads before the season starts and no interchange between first team squad and U21 squad. Most of all, I'd like to see a new rule that 50% of all playing squads have to be British.
I like the overall idea about requiring more "home grown" English/British players. My only honest question (and not a dig at you or anyone simply an exploratory question), is are there any legal barriers to such a restriction?
I mean, in regards to English/British vs. E.U. players (whom I thought would be somewhat "protected" against restrictions, freedom to work within E.U. without hindrance, etc.) vs. Rest of the World players? Hopefully someone knows the answer?
Is the EU really likely to sue us now that we have voted to leave?<snip> How they get round the EU laws I have no idea.
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