AVB on B Teams in the League

[Dunbar]

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/200120...mpionship.html

Dont give feck if its been Larsson'd, somewhat interesting article from Villas-Boas saying the big clubs should have B teams playing in the football league, e.g the championship.

Not sure how well this would work or how they would implement it in England. Barcelona B are one of the better teams in the 2nd tier of the Spanish league and they're not allowed to get promoted into La Liga, i presume they're not allowed to play in the Copa Del Rey either.

Obviously it must have some good effect on the youth coming through given that Barcelona are arguably the best team in the world right now and Spain are the European and World Champions.

Seems to me however that it would only contribute to the closed shop of Barcelona/Real Madrid winning the League every year.

If they gave every premier league team the right to field a B team (say in the Blue Square leagues) and work their way up the leagues. But what would happen if one of the premier league teams were relegated into the Championship, it would cause chaos if their B team was just taken out of the league system. Also, say if you gave B teams to the Premier League teams that finished in the European places or the Top 10, there would be the preverbial Liam Noble-esque hell on with the other teams in the League.

Seems like it would be unworkable in England, there is somewhat of a flux with the top teams in the English league given the resurgence of Man City and Spurs et al. Almost smacks to me of AVB scapegoating his own teams relatively poor performance by blaming it on the Youth system. On the flip side though the system they have in Spain is obviously contributing to their success at the European and Internationall level.

[MarcoGoalo]

Think Everton recently tried to register a 'B' team but it was knocked back

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by MarcoGoalo

Think Everton recently tried to register a 'B' team but it was knocked back

Aw aye, i mean it would take a complete change in the rules and a overhaul of the league system to allow it, its an interesting idea for sure but just seems like it would be a tool for the big rich premier league clubs to further tighten their grip on the game, and to be honest i could not give two fucks about the England team anyway

[nessen]

We shout send our reserves to darlo for free.

[kingbant1]

Originally Posted by MarcoGoalo

Think Everton recently tried to register a 'B' team but it was knocked back

What a nerve. Their squads so small they struggle to get an A team sometimes !!

[Liljedahl]

Horrible idea. The whole B-team thing is what makes the Spanish second divison uninteresting and soulless. It only benefits the bigger teams.

[The Pie Monster]

I don't know how we'd keep our fringe players happy. Not being able to play in reserve games.

And obviously no benefit to the team itself, due to them not getting games.

[oi oi]

AVB can fuck off. If his club are struggling to produce talent then that's their fault. Hire better scouts, get better coaches, spend more time coaching them, but don't change the football league and premier league.

[Marco20]

Seems to me that he has totally mid understood the ethos and structure of English football..... The thing that makes our league system the best in the world..... Where even teams in our third tier are getting gates higher than some Spanish top flight teams.

Maybe he should stop trying to change our game and try to understand it..... That way he maybe wouldn't be fucking things up quite so badly.

[Karl Marx II]

This might work in Spain where their lower leagues are piss weak but has no chance here. Our championship is a stronger league than most countries premier league. The Football League has a proud tradition so why should they be saddled with so called "b" teams from the vastly overrated Premier league?