Ressies pull out of Premiership League

[Scrumpy]

What's all this then? Will we be the first of many?

Development Squad Announcement
Friday 18th June 2010
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FFC can confirm that the Club's Development Squad will not compete in the Barclays Premier Reserve League for the 2010/11 campaign.

Next season FFC will deliver a programme for the Club's 18-21 year-old players, including competitive football, loans to other clubs and occassional tournaments. All Development Squad friendly fixtures will be played behind closed doors next season.

Whilst the Development Squad has performed admirably in the Barclays Premier Reserve League in recent years, the Club feels that a tailored Club campaign, arranged around First Team fixtures, will not only benefit Development Squad players, but will also allow Roy Hodgson greater flexibility with regard to the Premier League's new squad rules.


Read more: http://www.fulhamfc.com/Club/News/NewsArticles/2010/June/DevelopmentSquadAnnouncement.aspx#ixzz0rCWprBCA

[Airfix]

Roy to stay then.  Sounds like an initiative designed to keep him.

[epsomraver]

Cannot see how not having reserve games in front of all but maybe a small crowd can help development? but saying that the present system is not working! We do have a new man in charge of development so perhaps he is setting it up how he wants