they are all under 21 so I don't think they count towards the quota.
This is true, but fortunately there is no "quota" for homegrown players, just the foreign players. As long as we keep the foreign cunt equal to and under 17, especially since we currently have so many as is, we can have as many homegrowns as we want. In fact, considering we do have so many of both, it's good that those three mentioned by pdx are younger so wouldn't have to be registered in the 25 man squad, thereby pushing others out. With those nine HG's as is, were all of them to stay, we'd have to lose another spot among the foreign players.