08-07-2016, 19:41
(08-07-2016, 19:10)St Charles Owl Wrote: 59,000 fans turned up at Wembley to watch Barnsley win this trophy last season, how many will turn up to watch Man City U21 v Chelsea U21?? I get the need for the U21 teams to play competitive games but why "steal" the only trophy that smaller teams get a chance to play at Wembley to do that?? Why can't they create an U21 league for the academies to take part in and spend some of the billions the PL has to make it competitive??
I understand your concern and if it proved to be the case that the U21's were dominating, it should be stopped. I think you may be overestimating the levels of the U21's a little, of course there will always be the odd up and coming star amongst them, but I do not think it will be that easy for any U21 team to compete with established professional D1 side. You only have to think of how few U21's even get the chance to go on loan and get in to a D1 teaam