Tbh, the kids have been looking a bit tired recently & probably play v the rags the day before, so it may not be the best time to throw them in. That would be my only reservation.
I actually despair at some of the comments on here though. I didn't realise just quite how clueless some people are:
plongo said:
OK so you (deluded) dreamers get your wish and we play the kids, what if we then lose say 2-0 (Saints are a good side) how you gonna feel then?
Get your own way and it proves absolutely nothing. I remember in the dark days for the odd minute believing that Paul Moulden was the answer - he was not, albeit the archetypical local hero he was nowhere near good enough. All this local boys for local teams bollocks has been outgrown by us now - when did we last produce our own player worthy of a place in the current team? It just doesn't happen anymore. The last fluke of this nature was by our neighbours - never to be repeated so stop beating yourselves up by it.
Anyway good luck you deluded tossers I don't believe MP will do this, and good on him for it, The last example of this stupid end of term demob frenzy came from the charmless Chavs and they ended up at the Hawthorns demeaning themselves despite Maureen's (self conscious, with a sense of guilt) chest beating to their fans at the end and his pathetic signal to them of we're no 1 - embarrassing git he is and well suited to that club. Let's not fall into an obvious trap, play to win and go out on a high. Let the youngsters scrap for a place on the team earned by their own merit not gifted to them as some sort of end of season empty gesture - if they were good enough they would have played by now
Sometimes I think I've read the stupidest post ever, but then incredibly, someone comes along and tops it.
And not only is it clueless, but it is factually ridiculously wrong as well. When Moulden came through, we shortly afterwards had, Lake, Hinchcliffe, Brightwell, Redmond, White, and also people like John Beresford & Darren Beckford playing at a good level elsewhere.
Some of those players would get in this squad now.
And that's all we need. Players for the squad. We don't need these kids to be Aguero, we need them to be able to contribute, so we don't end up having to sign more Javi Garcias or similar. If we get a Silva or Aguero out of it too (which we may well do) then fantastic, but all we really need, is for some of them to come into the squad, & take up the places of some of the backup 'squad' players, which saves us a fucking fortune.
As for playing them out of 'sentimentality' & other such stupid fucking ideas, we wouldn't be playing them as a reward, you fucking idiots, we would be playing them to give them experience, to try & help them realise what they will need to get them to become senior players, to benefit the fucking club..
Fucking plastic gloryhunters.
