Quote Originally Posted by PhyllisStant View Post
There is a bit of an issue with our fan here though in that many of them bemoan the number of youngsters we've let go only for them to go on and do well. Unfortunately some of the same fans are unwilling to put up with some inconsistent performances from youngsters while they get acclimatised to first team duties.
It's partly a problem of circumstance, there haven't been too many seasons where we weren't important things to play for that they probably didn't want to risk some inconsistent performances.

Having said that there were definitely occasions under russell slade when we didn't look like going up or down in a million years that we could have brought a few youngsters on. I'm specifically thinking about the last couple of meaningless games of the 14/15 season where we brought a 58 year old Danny Gabbidon on while we had young prospect Semi Ajayi on the bench.

It's slightly analogous to running R&D projects (or perhaps preventative maintenance) in that there is always something else to do that is more important at the time, but unless you make the time to do it you'll suddenly find you've got nothing coming in the pipeline (or all your equipment is broken).