Premier League B Teams

[Manofpride]

Do you think it's a good idea or should it be left alone as it is!!! - view external link

[Addisons_a_monster]

It is completely missing the point, this will still not address the fact that the top division is full of foreign imports just allows the premier league clubs "feel good" by hoovering up all the good players and not caring about anyone else.

The first thing that would help would be a salary cap on all clubs, forcing them to run with smaller "rosters" (to use the american parlance). If an England international wants a wedge of cash but isn't playing you get rid to free up the salary.


Get rid of the transfer and loan windows, go back to the deadline day system - this way you don't have to sign players "in case" you can watch them play and make a bid if you need them.

The champions league places should go to the three champions plus the fourth to the runners up. Looking through history this would mean only twice would a non top 4 side have qualified.. But that windfall could have kept Portsmouth as a going concern. This also has the knockon effect of returning value to the FA a

[ellafella]

Do you think it's a good idea or should it be left alone as it is!!!

It's a pants idea. However, you can't leave things alone as it is. Quite clearly home grown footballers are not thriving and getting through to the top level.

Something has to be done. What would the Germans do?

[Stuartsays]

Most of the other ideas are good but the Premier League B Teams is not a good idea. The idea I like the most is the limit on the number of non-English players in the 25-man squad which would gradually increase until at least 12 of the 25 have to be English.

Of course the big clubs like the idea of the B teams because they want to have their cake AND eat it.

What it will do though is have an adverse affect on the lower league sides who are struggling to stay afloat and climb the football pyramid as it is.

The real problem, which the recommendations totally miss, is that a. the standard of coaching in this country is way below that in the top European countries, b. the young players spend too much time playing competitive games and not enough time being coached and practicing and honing their skills, and c. we don't take the England U21 team and competitions seriously enough whilst the top European countries do.

The other problem is that the Premier League Teams need to blood their y

[swaledale]

Its not a good idea though one that holds sway in many european countries, but then they dont have our history of a lower league system.

One way would be for there to be a more orgnaised loan system whereby prem clubs put up their under 21's for loan which lower league clubs could bid for, or a an established feeder club system, it happens to some extent at the moment, but if it was organised differently it would be more efficient at allowing u21 players competitive game time with lower league clubs and help out the clubs with better players.

[southernram22]

not going to work or be popular. reduce the say of sky and shoot all bad pundits less overseas players.

[RamFromCornwall]

I think a rule which forces Premier League clubs to either use or loan their youth players or otherwise face a punishment would be the best plan.

For example, if a homegrown player between the age of 18-21 is involved in fewer than 10 first team matches a season (makes an appearance, league and cup) or less than five starts, and they are not loaned out for at least three months of the season then the club in question will receive a fine. Repeated violation of the rule will then result in a transfer embargo preventing teams from signing players under the age of 21 for a season.

Would force teams, especially the top teams to either involve their promising players in first team action or loan them out and give them first team football instead of playing in a poor U21 league with next to no real sense of competition.