No, I don't agree with reserve/U23 teams playing in Champ. or Leagues 1 or 2 but I feel there is a problem for young players going from what we have now and the PL as the PL is such a high standard than in the past.

Does the idea of sending young players on loan to lower league clubs work? perhaps some players but only a few players going on loan compared to a what clubs like Man City want & they will be playing together rather than all over the place.

Any suggestions on how to bridge together reserve leagues and PL.

The pyramid to beat all pyramids!!

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Find out what team is in which division, eg which division is Coppull United in?

in days gone by there use to be a reserve league . what ever happened to that ?

It's not only a problem in the EFL it's a world wide problem.
Owners of large clubs investing in smaller clubs to nurture their young talent at lower cost. Currently the Belgium second division is getting a lot of attention as the rules are different and fees, taxes and are low and beneficial.
Leicester owners King Power are one of the latest to invest over their buying OH Leuven in May this year.
Only eight players on each squad of 25 has to be homegrown, meaning teams can import huge numbers of foreigners. Even more enticingly, for players from outside the European Union, Belgium offers a fast track to European citizenship, making it an ideal port of call for African players in particular.
And finally, there are the low costs. In the Netherlands, any team planning on registering a non-E.U. player must pay him at least 300,000 euros a year (over $360,000). In Belgium, it is just €80,000 or €90,000, including bonuses,There are the tax breaks, too: when a club is sold, the profit is not taxed under Belgian law.