To "B" or not to "B"

[Brend'Watkins]

I now know this is a shit idea. Liverpool and Manure fans at work are claiming it is brilliant.

In my opinion, it is worse than the 39th game.

This

To me, League 2 is more important than the national side.

Yep.

Thirded

The Gloucestershire Northern Senior League is more important than the England national team.

And this.

[Holte L2]

I now know this is a shit idea. Liverpool and Manure fans at work are claiming it is brilliant.

In my opinion, it is worse than the 39th game.

This

To me, League 2 is more important than the national side.

Yep.

Thirded

The Gloucestershire Northern Senior League is more important than the England national team.

And this.

And this.

[PeterWithesShin]

^^^^And that

[UK Redsox]

Ruardean Hill Rangers > England

[The Laughing Policeman]

Dykes speech to the FA to be broadcast live on 5Live at 2pm today.

[NeilH]

I think the argument that ‘it works in other countries so why not here’ singularly misses the point about the structure of football in the UK. Last year they introduced B Teams to the Dutch second division. The reasons behind it were allow the youth players to develop and add a bit of spice to watching clubs like my local club, as Jong Ajax comes to town. Now that’s fine given that the average attendance in the Dutch second division is under 2000 and that most Jupiler League clubs are ill-equipped and ill-prepared for the Eredivisie. But in England we have a healthy promotion and relegation system and well attended game, all the way into lower reaches, so it’s simply ludicrous to introduce a raft of teams into an already functioning system.
As with all things regarding English football these days, behind the smokescreen nonsense of looking to promote the national team, this is just about the fact the that big clubs are not getting benefit they want out of the loan system and thus wish to crowbar their reserves into the lower leagues. No doubt they will sell it with guff like they did here such as ‘Come and spot the future Cruijff.’

[UK Redsox]

Da Beeb

The creation of a new tier within the Football League to accommodate Premier League B teams is at the heart of the Football Association commission's four-point plan to boost English football.
The review also calls for a ban on non-EU players outside of the top flight and a reduction in non-home-grown players in Premier League squads.
It also wants to develop "strategic loan partnerships" between clubs.
The suggestions come as a response to a lack of available English talent.
In the 2012-13 Premier League season, only 32% of starters qualified to play for England, compared to 69% 20 years ago. The figure was 28% among the top four clubs that season.
The exhaustive review by the commission, headed up by FA chairman Greg Dyke, aims to restore the amount of English players within the Premier League to 45% by 2022.

[fbriai]

It's a right sham. All this talk about it being for the good of the national team is rubbish. They are bound by EU employment law and they know it; they continuously mention non-EU blah, blah. How long would it take before the first 'B' team was put out consisting only of players born in other EU countries? The Arsenal wouldn't make it to their tenth fixture before they'd done it.

[The Laughing Policeman]

Don't forget that none of this is policy yet, the FA will debate it and then.............debate it some more.
To paraphrase what Howard Wilkinson said, the FA are very good at debating but not very good at getting anything done.
So I wont be holding my breath.

[Chico Hamilton III]

Can we enter our Bomb Squad in the league?

[The Laughing Policeman]

Can we enter our Bomb Squad in the league?

Don't see why not, it starts with a B.

[LeeS]

I cant wait to see the details. Because this just sounds like a terrible idea. Although, I would be happy to be convinced otherwise.

[bertlambshank]

Anybody know what they mean by home grown or do they mean Chelsea home grown?

[pooligan]

This news could be bad for the likes of Small Heath if it were to happen.

[villa `cross the mersey]

Listened to Greg Dykes on Talkshite on way home - dont normally agree with Adrian Durham but he had a pop at Dykes as he was spouting no end of nonsense about the suggestion of a B League - one clause /suggestion is that Premier League "bribes" Conference clubs to accepting the proposal "because they need the money".
Also you could have a scenario where 10 B Teams finish  in top 10 of League 1 - because they would not be allowed promotion to the Championship the team finishing 11th would get automatic promotion.
Well thought out eh?

Why not just bring back the Central League?