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Old 10th January 2021, 20.02:13   #36-0 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by louisleftboot View Post
On the flip side, would any manager aiming for promotion start playing a load of first year youth lads and expect results? We can be honest with ourselves and say the absolute cream of the crop would get pinched much lower leaving us with the likes of Rob Evans, Leo Smith, Reynolds etc. I don’t think any manager would have put faith in them to win promotion. And you’re right, dumping the reserve team was a mistake but we’ve been geared towards promotion at any cost.

I’m not defending the youth policy under the Trust but let’s not pretend we’re in the position to start filling the team with 17 years olds. If a championship team comes in for a 12 year old, what can a conference team do? Hold them off for a couple of years? Maybe now we have the cash to keep them.
Im not saying play "Loads " as you put it , blooding one or two in when appropriate , bringing them off the bench when in a good position , Leo was used like that at times, and looked good , And lets face it we put all our resources into the first team to get promoted , And where are we ?