[Devongone]

I'm hoping so too Blue, but without a reserve team or B team or something ..... he'll hit random select once players are over 17. Their on-field development will be down to experiences at other clubs. Some are crying out for a loan if they can't quite get a first team game and benefit from it, but others develop more slowly ....... and if you've got nowhere to go with them, even if you've a feeling all they need is time, you ditch them at 17. It's a kind of idiocy to be linking ourselves first to developing very young players, then praising 16 and 17 year olds when they win games against other clubs AND then they hit sink or swim territory.