[spireitematt]

I don't have a huge problem with this suggestion but I definitely get your fear about them taking over this trophy.  If they are intent in getting competitive games for the "B" players then why don't they set up a reserve league like their used to be a few decades ago??  That way all the prem teams would have a B team playing competitive football every week, and it gives them somewhere to play players returning from injury to get match fit.  There really is no need to include changing the league structure or cups to achieve what they want, but having said that this is probably the best suggestion so far if they are intent on achieving something.

The Premier League already have the U21 league where reserve players play in.

What the FA is want is to copy the German and Spanish Leagues with the B teams but that has failed over in Germany and Spain and they want a football Pyramid like England has. If teams like Crewe and Southampton can bring though home-grown players from the youth team then so should the whole of the Premier League but what they do is take on youth players and release them to bring down the budget so they can buy a more experienced player from abroad and the youth players end up playing in the lower leagues or non-league or going out of the game altogether.

The only solution I can think of is the Government and the FA putting more money into grassroots football to have better facilities and coaching so young players can make the step-up to the Premier League and the England team. Greg Dyke wants England to win the World Cup but what needs to be done is a long-term but progressive plan and there trying to start from the top down to the bottom. Now I'm not a builder but even I know you don't build a house from a roof. They need to start at grassroots and fund grassroots football, the Premier League need to share there TV revenue down the leagues into grassroots football to fund the next up and coming stars.

Bringing B teams into the JPT and the Football League will ruin Football League teams and put them out of business because attendances will drop significantly, clubs will have money problems etc.

The Premier League is made up of mainly foreign players and there is 33% or less of British players playing in the Premier League. Now if you take those foreign players out the Premier League and just had British players then the standard of football would drop and be similar to the standard of football in the Scottish leagues. (No disrespect to Scottish football)