New EFL rules

Seen someone post this on Twitter, quite interesting and worth noting when predicting matchday squads.
As agreed last year from this season the amount of homegrown players needed in a matchday squad is increasing from 6 to 7 but the big change is that 1 club developed player must be in a matchday squad. A club developed player is defined as a player who has been with their current team for at least 12 months prior to the end of their U19 season i.e. they must be with the club for at least 12 months and signed no later than the end of the their U18 (2nd year scholar) year. http://www.skysports.com/football/news/11095/10827577/efl-clubs-approve-proposals-to-increase-number-of-homegrown-players-from-next-season

Looking around it probably means that Danny Devine is going to be in the matchday 18 a lot of the time with only him Hudson and Gunner (his u19 season was last season so just qualifys) who qualify and have made any sort of senior appearance. The other player who would count would be Sykes-Kenworthy but assume the plan is to still send him out on loan.

I'd guess Devine would get the nod over the other 2 as he seems more developed and can cover RB as well as midfield so can provide a bit of versatility.

 

difference between youth like Patrick, robinson etc and bringing through players from the academy. If the players in the academy weren't good enough to make it when they bought the club then its unlikely in 2 years they managed to change recruitment and found players good enough as it won't happen that quickly. Just look at England it's taken over 5 years for when St Georges Park was built to start being successful in the under age groups and only over the next few years will them players get into the senior side regularly.

 

Yep, all 72 team in the EFL.

Will be interesting as some teams don't have an academy like Brentford but doesn't seem they are exempt so they'll have to start recruiting players at the end of their U18 season to make sure they can fit the criteria.