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Posted May 17, 2013 22:06 · last edited March 18, 2021 06:11

10cc wrote:

10cc do you know why Waimak reserves are playing Pressies?

Guess with no PDL B pool (which ideally should mirror div1), relatively few options for "next tier" clubs to introduce promising youth  alongside older players in a true Play Development League where primary focus should be on just that unlike in the Reserve grade branded as PDL is at moment, winning the competition. Mixing quality youth into a lower senior grade (provided a club has one or more in the first place) is not ideal. Perhaps failed U21may be better off changed into a true PDL league to mirror div 1 teams, so that it can be used mixing a limited number of older players and help bridge that gap.

Now that is a bloody good idea! Nice.

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10cc wrote:

10cc do you know why Waimak reserves are playing Pressies?

Guess with no PDL B pool (which ideally should mirror div1), relatively few options for "next tier" clubs to introduce promising youth  alongside older players in a true Play Development League where primary focus should be on just that unlike in the Reserve grade branded as PDL is at moment, winning the competition. Mixing quality youth into a lower senior grade (provided a club has one or more in the first place) is not ideal. Perhaps failed U21may be better off changed into a true PDL league to mirror div 1 teams, so that it can be used mixing a limited number of older players and help bridge that gap.

Now that is a bloody good idea! Nice.