- Jul 14, 2015
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The U21's start their League programme tomorrow kind of makes me ask what's the point what does it teach the boys? The U21 League has been tried at all different formats and none of them have really worked. I saw the U21s the other week at Billericay and the Orient game and they were poor none of them are anywhere near first team football at Tottenham
Kind of gets you asking what is the point of the u21s? Does the team offer a pathway into the first team the answer to that is no. The better players are pushed out on loan and others sit in the first team squad as they get little benefit from u21 football. In the past the stiffs would have included players not getting a first team game but that has long since stopped. I guess you have to have some step up from the u18's but in to many cases lads are at clubs effectively fulfilling fixtures with no apparent progression apart from waiting for their contracts to expire and hoping that another club picks them up that's no good for anyone.
I don't think there is an easy answer unless the FA allow B teams to play competitive football which has some element of reward and failure it will only get worse.
Kind of gets you asking what is the point of the u21s? Does the team offer a pathway into the first team the answer to that is no. The better players are pushed out on loan and others sit in the first team squad as they get little benefit from u21 football. In the past the stiffs would have included players not getting a first team game but that has long since stopped. I guess you have to have some step up from the u18's but in to many cases lads are at clubs effectively fulfilling fixtures with no apparent progression apart from waiting for their contracts to expire and hoping that another club picks them up that's no good for anyone.
I don't think there is an easy answer unless the FA allow B teams to play competitive football which has some element of reward and failure it will only get worse.