Last night must have been one of the strongest reserve teams in years: Wilsher, Arteta, Diaby,

[Mo Britain less Europe]

Gnabry.... and yet it was Alex Iwobi who stole the show with a hat-trick. We are on our way.

[Classic Jorge]

****ty state of affairs that we're in the second division of the u21s, mind.

[Mo Britain less Europe]

doesn't seem to be what it was.

[Rich]

I understood that we hoover up any player showing exceptional talent from around the age of 13?

[Luis Anaconda]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

If they did then sadly they were possibly retarded.

[Peter]

Now akpom as well. Some of them stolen quite late, some of them early.

Few of the bigger clubs can rival that in their first team squads.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

A few top quality players who have come through the system at various stages coupled with a manager willing to give them a chance in the first team, perhaps on occasion forced by economic restraints but also a willingness to play them.

Still I would imagine maybe Bayern with the likes of Lahm, Schweinsteiger and Mueller (maybe others) may claim to have topped that.

Or maybe Barcelona with the much touted Masia production line.

[ITSUPFORGRABSNOW]

[Classic Jorge]

I think they were hoovered up by Bayern much in the same way we do with decent foreign youths.

[Brentwood]

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

Begs the question all the same as to what is and what isn't a youth product.

Pretty boring question I will grant you.

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

[Classic Jorge]

Bayern's utter domination of German football is massively dull

[Luis Anaconda]

was at any other club previously. They have let a few go though, Hummels and Can spring to mind

[Classic Jorge]

I know for a fact Toni Kroos wasn't a Bayern lad to start with.

[Luis Anaconda]

Should stop talking about it now before Ben reminds me again of my pre-season prediction. Wolfsburg will be very competitive next year though

[Classic Jorge]

[Luis Anaconda]

moved to Bayern when he was 15-16. Think the Schweini thing is a bit like Luton fans claiming we "poached" Jack from them

[Steve Williams - gay for Mark Knopfler]

For the unexpected hiatus of Athletico Madrid last season see Dortmund a few seasons ago. In relation to Bayern they are just a particularly brilliant side at the moment and the gravy train of the CL just means the biggest will grow bigger.

To be honest the Premier League isn’t exactly a million miles off either.

[Luis Anaconda]

I'll pencil that in for later then

[Brentwood]

[Classic Jorge]

No, me neither