The fact remains that they were nurtured through championship academies,
Premiership clubs have bought them because they were better than the kids they were developing.
Imo that makes the ****ty championships cloggers better at producing players.
If Ross Barkley has the ability to succeed he won't lose it by playing championship football.
Remember Swansea and Norwich played some of the best footy in the premier last season fresh from several years in the cloggers league.
Who gives a crap about the academies - we're talking about senior first team football. World of difference. Crewe brought through decent youngsters for years; does that make their senior squad a place to learn world class technical football? Nope.
All of those players mentioned developed properly via Premier League experience after having raw talent identified from the doldrums of the lower leagues. The technical difference between the Premier League and Championship is massive.