Continental B-team system to propel Arsenal above Barcelona?

There is a lot of talk and speculation flying around at the minute about how to improve the England national side, and the latest proposal could be fantastic news for Arsenal Football Club. The idea being discussed is to bring English football more into line with Europe by allowing and encouraging the bigger clubs to have a formal arrangement with lower clubs in a `feeder` capacity. The idea is to allow young players coming through the ranks more opportunity to play at a competitive level, which will help them to develop their skills and progress into better players, as reported by the Guardian. The syastem is already in place around Europe, with the perfect examples being Barcelona and Real Madrid in Spain. The Barcelona B-team and the Real Madrid Castilla team are currently playing competitively in Spain’s second division and it is used as the proving ground for the academy players as well as allowing the reserve players to get fitness back and keep sharp when they are on the fringes. Just imagine if Arsenal had a similar system. We know that Arsene Wenger is committed to the academy system and developing young players, but when it comes to the crunch it is difficult to throw them into first team action because of the need to win every game. Many of the young players end up going out on loan, but that is not ideal, while many others get released and sometimes go on to prove themselves at other clubs, where they are allowed the opportunity to play regularly, make mistakes and learn from them. The Arsenal youngsters have the odd substitute appearance and the league cup. Barcelona are, quite rightly, very proud of the fact that so many of their players have come through their La Masia academy, but if they did not have the B-team playing in a competitive league, they would not have had half the success they have enjoyed. Messi played for Barcelona C for a season, then Barcelona B for a season before being drafted into the first team. Iniesta played for the B team for two seasons, Xavi for three seasons, and there is a similar story with Pedro, Tello, Puyol and many more. Real Madrid don’t make the most of the system for some reason, they prefer to spend fortunes on established stars, but their academy players do benefit and often move to other top flight clubs. The other main benefit for Arsenal would be the ability to get the youngsters playing in the Arsenal way. Rather than send them to Bolton for experience, imagine if they were playing in an Arsenal B team. That way there would be an easy transition into the first team. Then we would have a conveyor belt of brilliant players, and England would also benefit. Get it sorted Greg!!