Our youth team then

[Matt Collins]

I think we can file Green in the ‘If only’ category.

We've written off enough players at that age (Albrighton, davis, bannan) let's not do that again. People were writing grealish off a year or two ago FFS

[The_ads]

There’s only one way of finding out if any of them are good enough and it’s not playing some shit tournament in Hong Kong

[wittonwarrior]

The Championship is brutal we have all seen that.  Even an FA Cup tie against a lower division team seemed to be a step too far for one rising star last season O'Hare (might well be ready now) - but we do need to treat cautiously.

[Matt Collins]

We need to loan them out and should have done that in January knowing that we might need them this season

[PeterWithe]

I think we can file Green in the ‘If only’ category.

We've written off enough players at that age (Albrighton, davis, bannan) let's not do that again. People were writing grealish off a year or two ago FFS

100% agree, plenty were ‘all fart etc’ about Jack only 12 months ago.

Green will be given a chance and rightly so.

[TelfordVilla]

It's no good using the younger players if they are going to labelled as shit and not fit to wear the shirt every time they make a mistake which costs us a goal or even 3pts. Fans are going to have to be supporters from now on. If you can't say nothing nice, don't say nothing at all. Villa for the long haul because that is the name of the game now.

[Ads]

I like Green. Good turn of pace and hes a big lad too. I would have liked him to have featured more. Hopefully he's over the hamstring injuries.

We need his pace. We need RHM pace too.

[hipkiss92]

We’ve spent a whole season giving Onomah 20+ games for him to go back to spurs rather than our own 19-20 year olds. To me O’Hare would have been a like for like replacement for grealish through the season, and he’s played at most 5 senior appearances including in the cups.

[garyshawsknee]

Would much rather see our kids on the bench than loanees, over paid failures like Lansbury and past it players like Whelan.

[sickbeggar]

It does make you wonder what is in the youth squad. I mean is there any centre-halfs or fullbacks? I don't watch them so i don't know really but surely for example with elphick on loan, and only samba as cover, a youth player should have been promoted to learn from the likes of terry this season?

[PeterWithe]

I think Suliman was considered the best CH prospect but I dont think he did too well out on loan

[eamonn]

These three lads, Green, RHM and O'Hare need a run of at ten-fifteen games in the team before judgement is cast on them. It took players a good seven years older than them like Hourihane similar time to make any sort of impact so we are going to have to be patient.

[garyshawsknee]

You're right Eamonn, I know Green and RHM suffered injuries this season, but not having O'Hare involved was a missed opportunity, especially when SB would regularly have 3 defensive midfielders on the bench.

[Clampy]

I personally don't think O'Hare was ready and I wouldn't call Lansbury and Onomah defensive midfielders.

[sickbeggar]

I think Suliman was considered the best CH prospect but I dont think he did too well out on loan

well i understand the value of loans but with the gap there in our squad, he probably would have learnt far more from being round terry i think than a handful of games in league 2. Either way bringing in some man U youth player instead doesn't really say Bruce has much trust in them.