I think we should have the younger players available to have an impact (bench) at least instead of having people like Lansbury being left out the squad on 35k a week, Samba on 20k, Whelan on 30k etc etc
As we currently wait to learn about the future of Bruce, and also the financial situation to become clearer next season, I was wondering how many on here would be happy with us going with 5 or 6 youth players replacing the departures this summer?Bruce didn't really play them and i understood why. Youth players are consistently inconsistent and most experience a drop in form more than once after they initially break through. Bruce took the view to go with experience because of the urgency of going up. Anyone of a certain age can remember Ugo having a few mares for us before he established himself..On the other hand, if you don't play them, they don't develop, or leave and develop elsewhere as we've seen with Cahill and Albrighton. The other thing is, if the youth team is not producing any decent players for the 1st team then what is the point?Now my question is would you take another 1 or 2 seasons in the championship, if that means taking the long view and trying to bring these youth players on or should we just replace the departures with cheap championship standard players and loans that we think can do a job and get us up?
Hepburn-Murphy needs a chance at some point.Talked about as this brilliant prospect, think I've seen him play five minutes in three years!Be interested how many more minutes regular match goers have seen him play if we don't count reserve/youth team games.