What happened to the policy ...

In Cup games you have <wink>

In the Carling Cup our 2nd string seemed to get a lot further than in the last few years when we have played a more experienced team.

As the squad gets stronger, opportunities for youth players to get decent playing time, in any competition, is diminished. Same is true at all clubs.

There's your answer.

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comment by Choice City (U6187)
posted 40 minutes ago
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The feckwits are back I see

OK, now you have Kane and Ali you're going to convince yourself that Spurs will win the league in the next three years. Whatever mate.

I must admit your generation of youth are better than the Huddlestone-Lennon generation.

As mentioned, top teams squads are getting bigger so the youth players are not getting so many opportunities as the past. What you see now, especially for The Arsenal, is a few youth players that get combined into the 2nd string but the rest is an interchange of positions, for example Gibbs for Monreal.

comment by The~Distinguished~Englishman (U4080)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
OK, now you have Kane and Ali you're going to convince yourself that Spurs will win the league in the next three years. Whatever mate.

I must admit your generation of youth are better than the Huddlestone-Lennon generation.
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Not sure why you are writing that stuff. I never even mentioned Spurs. The post was about Arsenal - not fecking rocket science you cretin

comment by puffinthebushkangaroo2 (U20236)
posted 1 hour, 6 minutes ago
comment by The~Distinguished~Englishman (U4080)
posted 1 hour, 25 minutes ago
OK, now you have Kane and Ali you're going to convince yourself that Spurs will win the league in the next three years. Whatever mate.

I must admit your generation of youth are better than the Huddlestone-Lennon generation.
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Not sure why you are writing that stuff. I never even mentioned Spurs. The post was about Arsenal - not fecking rocket science you cretin
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calm down mate, only words, they can't hurt you.

Injuries aside, I think the policy of fielding "weaker" teams was in the League Cup.