Quote Originally Posted by Vindec View Post
Sadly the kids aren't yet ready and playing them against a decent team and a potential hammering is hardly conducive to their development. To be fair to the other sides challenging for promotion we should play our strongest team.
No one is asking for 11 youth players starting but we only have Phillips and Watters (definitely) and Harris (potentially) here next season who can come off and have 15 minutes from the bench. Youth has been forgotten about bar subs on 85 minutes recently no matter who the opposition is.

If we're "respecting the competition" shouldn't we also respect teams in relegation threatened positions? Wycombe, Brum and Rotherham not mathematically relegated or safe yet - all three might be described differently by time we play them - but that currently leaves us with no games to give youth a go in your model.

Home to Wycombe and home to Rotherham are perfect games for youth chances (Brum away has a rubbish pitch) and chasing shadows against one of the best in the league unlikely to offer as much all-round development.