Sending a player there on loan isn't the Eredivisie producing a player, I thought we were talking about English players here and their pathways through to the first team and potentially into the England squad? Recently the Championship has 'produced' John Stones who Guardiola felt fit to spend £50m on, the Championship has also helped Tammy Abraham step up to the top flight for this season. Realistically the only way the England squad is going to improve is to have more English players playing in the PL, or for the top clubs in Europe - the Championship is going to be a bigger help in that pathway than the Eredivisie is at the moment, because most loans to Holland seem to see that as a step into the top end of the Championship before the PL.
You can't have it both ways. Tammy doesn't count if the Eredivisie loanees don't. Neither of them are even close to world class in any case. I don't think that'll prove to be the case in the long run. Almost all of the loanees that went to the Netherlands are from Chelsea and City, who aren't giving chances to Championship loanees either. The Championship may be more "competitive" (debatable), but tactically and technically it's well behind. I can't think of many. Fabregas in his prime maybe? Rooney? It's not a league that's particularly conducive to development, the Championship even less so.
With the state of the current England squad and the dearth of technical players at senior level I'm not sure that's the best argument.
The problem is that given abundent available cash to buy class or top class players the incentive to put in efforts to produce your own isnot that great. The flimsy "home grown rule" only led to plundering the Dutch top academies and one must be honest the EPL didnot turn them into class players either. My suggestion for the FA would be to force EPL clubs to have at least 2 players that were reared from 12 year old in England/UK in any club. That would cut off spending money on foreigner kids, raiding my club and raising the levels in the UK, due to necessity. Please.
A shortage of money in the academy system isn't really the problem, subsidies for the grass roots and coaching courses would be a better use of an "education tax". Requiring two players reared in England from the age of twelve wouldn't have any effect on buying players, every Premier League club except Chelsea already meets that criteria with their first team squad. If one of their many decent English academy graduates gets kept around Chelsea would meet it too (at the expense of that player getting any meaningful playing time). I'd be in favour of the home grown rule being changed so players brought over from Europe at 17 wouldn't be able to qualify, however I suspect the loophole exists because the clubs pushed for it to exist. If the rule required 5 years of training in England instead of 3, or 5 years of education in addition to 3 years training, the problem would go away without the rule having to mention nationality.
The academies are producing players, there are more and more talents, problem lies with their development
Lack of opportunities in PL where managers are under pressure after a few bad results and, in my opinion, a championship that doesn't really suit young technical players. England won the WC U20 the euro 19 and the made the euro 17 final in one summer, there are undoubtedly good young players.
Couple of (strikingly similar) articles about Alexander-Arnold: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2017/aug/09/liverpool-trent-alexander-arnold-frank-ribery http://www.telegraph.co.uk/football...d-interview-try-not-pay-much-respect-players/
The Liverpool midfielder Herbie Kane is looking good. Sharp, quick of though - a proper player. I can see him making a breakthrough soon, and getting back into the England ranks.
Leicester city have now doubled there bid for George Hirst. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/fo...r-close-Sheffield-Wednesday-George-Hirst.html
Hearing from good sources late tonight of a Rotherham United move to take George Hirst on loan from #swfc. Possibly for the season. #rufc— Alan Biggs (@AlanBiggs1) August 15, 2017 Looks like this route is the alternative - Signing a new contract and going on loan. He was at the Rotherham game tonight.
Oh, I'd like that... I have no faith in Carvalhal's intention of ever incorporating Hirst into the first team, but I can't honestly see Carvalhal staying in the job beyond next summer, and a successful season down the road would surely put Hirst right into the picture. Obviously I'm biased, but it could actually be a better bet for Hirst too. If he went to Leicester, he'd probably either be playing reserve football or going out on loan to a club around Rotherham's level, and then what? Probably another loan next season. Maybe a chance the year after, or maybe another loan. I'm not sure that he'd get to the top any quicker by leaving than by staying. Then again, maybe that's just what I hope he's thinking.
Hinds made his Wolfsburg debut today: Here is our starting XI to play @BVB. #WOBBVB pic.twitter.com/cvBEV7JdFq— VfL Wolfsburg EN/US 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 (@VfLWolfsburg_EN) August 19, 2017
Unfortunately they were apparently "toothless up front" and got spanked 3-0. Still, better than warming the bench at Stevenage.
Seems they will only loan him once he signs a new contract. http://www.thestar.co.uk/sport/foot...ves-update-on-george-hirst-s-future-1-8707321 Or he could go to Leicester. And spend a season in Belgium....
Not a bad way to score your first senior goal!Take a bow, @AndreGreen_ #AVFC➡️ @EFL highlights from 9pm on @channel5_tv. pic.twitter.com/u8sb6hjjkw— Channel 5 Sport (@Channel5Sport) August 19, 2017
I wonder if he's been injured as the app I used had him down as missing ( aka injured I presume) before the match day Squad was announced so maybe a quicker than expected recovery so no risk taken. Having said that, not sure how close he is to actually claim a Centre back slot with Ginter and Vestergaard there who are both International class.