Quote: garyhulsefan "All their young players are leaving now though because they haven't a hope of seeing any first team football.'"
So they are developing players and providing them for other clubs, whats wrong with that?
Guys like Barton, Sturridge, Ireland, Onuoha, Wright-Phillips are decent players.
I reckon if you took the money element out of the game and had it so that Premiership clubs just had all the players that had come through their academy, Man City would be up near the top, so would Villa, maybe Everton would be strong too, and West Ham.