Quote Originally Posted by Alf View Post
Trouble is the big clubs scoop up all the talented youngsters and then dump most of them later. If the lower league clubs had a shot at bringing them through a lot more would be kept on and would get a chance to rise up through the leagues if they had the ability.
I'd rather have my kid watching the likes of Scholes.. playing at Carrington.. than in a quagmire in Rochdale.. lower leagues are still dominated by power.

They do hoover up, that is the Barca way, which works for Spain.. If the clubs, like WH and Saints, and Man U, have a history of playing young players kids will go there.. Chelsea have suffered with this. Arsenal haven't. I think most teams now look to their youth as financially they can't afford not to.. we have to have home grown players on benches.