HAVING decided to do away with the idea of fielding Premier League B teams in the lower leagues, the England Commission reported back this week with its latest brainwave to increase the number of home-grown players in English football.

FA chairman Greg Dyke, presumably scolded by the fierce criticism of his B teams plan, is now looking to increase the number of home grown players in each 25-man squad from eight to 12.

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On the face of it this increase will have no affect on Burnley, whose current squad is made up almost entirely of home-grown players.

But delve a little deeper and the changes will actually have a big impact on clubs the size of the Clarets.

Since the FA first introduced the quota rule, has it had any impact on the number of young English players playing regularly in the Premier League? No.

What it has done is result in young English players who were developing well at their clubs moving to bigger teams to help fill quotas, only to see their careers stall, as well as inflating the domestic transfer market.

Telling clubs they have to find another four home-grown players to fill squads will only exacerbate that.

There needs to be more technically proficient young English players coming through the academy system before a quota is introduced, because at the moment there is not enough of that type of player to go around, and those that are cost an absolute fortune.

Since introducing the rule of eight home-grown players in a squad the top clubs have sought to buy in talent that can fill squads, rather than promoting from youth systems.

Jack Rodwell and Scott Sinclair were progressing nicely at Everton and Swansea respectively before they moved to Manchester City for big fees in August 2012.

Between them they made 29 league appearances for City, have disappeared from the international scene, and now both are seeking to rebuild their careers with Sunderland and Aston Villa respectively.

With English players needed more than ever to fill places in squads it will also increase the premium that you have to pay for domestic talent.

This is an issue Sean Dyche raised earlier this season.

Will filling squads with more home grown players produce more home grown players? Or will it result in more English players filling the benches and the reserve teams at the bigger Premier League clubs, costing more money in the process?

If it is the second option, then the pool of English players playing regularly at top flight clubs will almost certainly decrease, not increase.

And the cost of signing a good, young English players will go up, making them even more prohibitive to the middle classes of the Premier League and Championship, the teams who would give them first team football every week.