Quote Originally Posted by IainR View Post
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.
I think I said "big clubs" not Man United

If people like you don't care about kids getting dumped (and there is a hell of a lot get dumped for every one that makes it to the first team) after being "groomed" by premiership clubs then its a good thing we have the lower leagues and non-league sides to pick up the mess they have left.

Anyway is that why united send kids to Bury ?