Feeder terms in the Premier League

AVB is believes that Premier League teams should be allowed to have feeder teams. He believes that it is what needed to bring English football to the next step.

He wants a system similar to the ones on the continent where you are allowed to have a 'B team' in the lower leagues. The reserve leagues aren't competitive enough and the Youth Cup is about competition rather than talent. He wants the youht teams to play regionally.

Ha, Jonny Foreigner would never be allowed to try implement that in the country that gave football to the world.  He makes a good point but the insular English won't hear of that.

http://www.teamtalk.com/chelsea/7443530/AVB-wants-a-B-team-for-Blues

Clonbhoy wrote: Don't they already play their reserve teams in the cups? Would be the final nail in the coffin of English footballs soul.

NO they don't.

How would it be a nail in the coffin of English football's soul? German and Spanish football certainly havn't lost their soul and they have reserve teams playing in the league system.

It's a good idea in theory but in practice i dont know. How many sides would have B teams competing in lower leagues? 

bhob wrote: It's a good idea in theory but in practice i dont know. How many sides would have B teams competing in lower leagues?

In Spain there are 2 'B' sides in the Segunda1(Championship).

Below this there are 4 groups of 20 teams. These 4 leagues are equal in quality. The top 4 teams in each group go into a 16 team play off. The best 4 in the play off get promoted.

Out of the 80 teams, 14 of them are 'B teams'. You cannot get promoted to Segunda 1 unless your first team are in La Liga Premira.

Below these 4 groups are around 20 regional leagues. In these leagues there are plenty of B teams of smaller clubs as well as 3rd teams of bigger clubs.

Real Madrid B look like they could be promoted to Segunda 1 this season.



Not sure how they'd work it in England and what level the teams would enter at.

Edited by tribalarmy - 20 Jan 2012 at 2:30pm

Ireland4ever wrote: Why cant they just use the loan facility and loan players out to teams with a smiliar playing philosophy?

You can't control whether they play or not.

You can't call them up to the 1st team squad when you need them you must wait for a transfer window.

One of the best thing about Barca and Villareal. Is the young players play together every week at a high competitve level. They aren't all scattered about at different clubs playing slightly different styles and then come back with little understanding of each other.

It would also help the players develop a lot more. If a lot of the Barca youth players were on loan at another club or somewhere in europe, they're hardly going to develop the Barcelona style of play. Whereas having a B team really allows them to grow into being a Barca player and makes the step up easier for them.