youth transfer policy

[studentsaint]

Listening to the Greg dyke debate on talksport it got me thinking about our transfer policy. The point of the B leagues are to get young English players playing, however there is a ceiling of no promotion past league 1 for B teams, therefore providing no more than a loan move would anyway. My point is that it doesn't help young English talent rising to the top and playing first team football for top 6 clubs. Therefore wouldn't it be beneficial for us to play to our strengths and poach top young talent from the academies of big sides, with the obvious benefit being the best fast track chance to having a career in the premier league. Parents and the young players themselves would surely see the benefits of following the likes of Lallana, bale, Walcott, ox, Shaw, Jwp, chambers etc. Therefore our policy could be buying youngsters with the potential to become top class players, moulding them and giving them the chance, for minimal cost whilst obviously still spending some money on plugging immediate first team holes.

[Toon Saint]

We are already doing this to an extent - George Mells and Josh Debayo have both been signed up from the Chelsea academy. As you say, that pathway to the first team is an obvious advantage over some of the sides in the top 6.