Players Trained By Club?

Chaps I'll admit I don't come on here often and haven't searched low and high for the answer but has anyone else not been entered for a premier league season due to lack of home grown players?

I downloaded the extra leagues patch and even though that didn't work perfectly I managed to get Chester into the premier league, unfortunately my assistant doesn't think any youth players are worth keeping and now I've gone an entire season playing cup games.

I don't want to have to do this again so will it rectify itself of have I wasted hours of my life? If I've had problems like this in the past I've just gone on holiday and the ai picked the squad for me!!

If you haven't got enough HG players you leave gaps in your squad (each gap is classed a HG as it says on the bottom of the game screen).

If you haven't got fixtures thats a bigger problem and I don't know the answer.