Sincilbanks
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Let's hope that all those fine words from Football League clubs turns into votes against should this come to pass...
For me the Football Lge should aim to be inclusive of most full-time clubs and as such the time has come for the Lge to grow again.
...after 30 yrs of movement between Lge and Nat Lge, the large majority of clubs within the Nat Lge are ones that have dropped down into it and most of those still operate as fully professional clubs.
Well, looking at the current list of National League clubs only 11 of the 24 are former Football League clubs - and that's stretching a point to include the likes of Gateshead and Maidstone.
If you include National League North and South that only adds another ten clubs (if you include such as Bradford Park Avenue - 'phoenix' clubs are a bit of a minefield!) to make a total over the three divisions of 21 out of 68 clubs.
Complete and utter rubbish, again. The EFL told the Premier League a year ago that the idea of admitting B teams to the EFL was permanently off the agenda. The supporters do not want it and never will. The EFL can do nothing without the approval of its members, and it would take a brave club to ignore the express wishes of its supporters. Ergo, dead in the water.
Well the supporters don't want B teams in the Checkatrade but there they are, and the clubs voted recently to extend the "successful experiment"
Exactly. The Checkatrade was always a Trojan Horse in this respect. I don't trust the EFL or FA on this issue - or any other - as far as I could collectively kick them.
And in my perfect world the youth teams would either be thrashed on a regular basis or be unable to advance up the leagues even when they win. And after 10-20 years everyone would realise the pointlessness of the situation and revert to what we have.
Exactly. The Checkatrade was always a Trojan Horse in this respect. I don't trust the EFL or FA on this issue - or any other - as far as I could collectively kick them.
And don't forget the biggest Carrot-on-a-stick, 'Premier League 2'.It's arisen because the Premiership are under pressure to shed their huge squads of youth players. They see this as a way of maintaining the status quo and are presumably going to throw a big slice of cash at the league chairmen to solve their issue.
And it won't be the EFL or FA voting on it, it will be the chairmen of the EFL clubs, and while I trust Clive and the board to stand by their word, I have far less trust in clubs run by people / organisations who have no interest in the long term health of lower league football when offered a huge slice of money to vote yes.
Yep, money talks.And don't forget the biggest Carrot-on-a-stick, 'Premier League 2'.
"Let us stick our B-teams in the EFL, and we'll start talking about a second tier for the Premier League."
Let me just put that through Google Translate:
"£££$$££$££$££$$££$$££$$£££$$££$$$£££$$££$$$"