Chelsea B in other league?

[eldo 868]

'The gap between the reserve team and the first-team is immense here.'

He couldn't be more right.

[manpe 10,861]

Brazilian teenager Piazon heads Chelsea’s next generation

http://www.telegraph...generation.html

Villas-Boas named three players in the under-18s squad for whom he had high hopes. They are Nathan Ake, Adam Nditi and Lucas Piazon, none of whom was born in England.

No Chalobah and Kane?

I fully support the B team idea. Reserve system is well and truly outdated, it's shown its flaws and no profits. Although I think they would have to get to Championship from the bottom. Shoving them in on the expense of another team would be unjust, plus it would show if our reserves and youth are even on the Championship level, maybe they wouldn't be able to promote from 2nd division, who knows.. It would also be more competitive for them.

[Madmax 9,219]

Esk, eldo and myself among others have been banging on about this ad nauseam for a while now. It's blindingly obvious, though the congregation of wise men constituting the FA wouldn't know common sense if it hit them in the face.

[zolayes 14,489]

I would love our B team playing in the Championship or even Div 1 but its not going to happen for a number of reasons.

pity but what the PL COULD do is vastly improve the reserve team structure and fixture list

[Joshyboy 36]

Surely it'd be the same as starting a new club, have a small ground built, maybe a few thousand capacity, start the team from the very bottom and I'm talking blue square premier, then let them work their way up. If the idea works and the team is bringing in money, expand the ground into a stadium overtime, let the reserve players fight their way up through the ranks.

Having watched our youth team play a few times I can honestly say the quality of football is nothing like the first team, it terms of pace or technical skills and especially the physical side, so let them BE a first team. It'd cancel out the need for loans too because they'd already be playing for the first team albeit at an affiliated club, Ie. Chelsea B team.

[zolayes 14,489]

Surely it'd be the same as starting a new club, have a small ground built, maybe a few thousand capacity, start the team from the very bottom and I'm talking blue square premier, then let them work their way up. If the idea works and the team is bringing in money, expand the ground into a stadium overtime, let the reserve players fight their way up through the ranks.

Having watched our youth team play a few times I can honestly say the quality of football is nothing like the first team, it terms of pace or technical skills and especially the physical side, so let them BE a first team. It'd cancel out the need for loans too because they'd already be playing for the first team albeit at an affiliated club, Ie. Chelsea B team.

would they really benefit from non league football

[We Hate Scouse 10,326]

They would easily be able to play at Kingsmeadow or something. Would love for this to happen.

[Joshyboy 36]

would they really benefit from non league football

Well you cant just have them PUT into L1 or the Championship because their affiliated with Chelsea, they would have to start on the lower rungs, ok maybe not QUITE as far down as the blue square prem, but you couldn't just put a team into one of the established leagues without anyone noticing

[zolayes 14,489]

Well you cant just have them PUT into L1 or the Championship because their affiliated with Chelsea, they would have to start on the lower rungs, ok maybe not QUITE as far down as the blue square prem, but you couldn't just put a team into one of the established leagues without anyone noticing

I know that is one of the reasons it wont get adopted and if we had a B team you can be sure another 10 PL sides would want them as well

[daBlackMamba7 174]

They can do a playoff system against top or bottom clubs of whatever league they have ambitions of playing in and the results of those games would determine what league they can be placed in...It kinda sounds unfair to people that played an entire league fixture...

Or

They can just start promoting top teams/winners of the reserve league and then have them slug it out in the playoffs against promotion candidates from the lower league, to the league that they wanna be put in...Just a thought....

[dave30 728]

its a silly and arrogant idea.

[daBlackMamba7 174]

its a silly and arrogant idea.

Here we go again...And on saturday i am sure you will be one of the people bitching for Betrand or some other youngster to come off the bench...He is suggesting an idea that can only benefit Chelsea football club and your prized "english football" in the long term and u call it silly and arrogant?.....

[LDN Blue 7,903]

its a silly and arrogant idea.

I think I know why you feel this way, I might agree to an extent (if we're on the same airway). Elaborate?

[eldo 868]

Winners of current reserve league should be promoted to conference.

[OReillyD36 311]

Winners of current reserve league should be promoted to conference.

You hit nail on the head , win the reserve league north, you go into blue square north, and same applies to the reserve league south. Then progression over time and like in Spain or Germany you can't get promoted to the same league your parent club is in. Would be very beneficial to the English national team as well having a deeper pool of players coming through getting consistant game time.