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Originally Posted by Xgenre
He doesn't give these kids that much of a chance. The seniors are more or less assured of their starting places. With KD, your spot isn't guaranteed. Which is very old school considering the wages of some of the guys on the bench.
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Originally Posted by SH149
Rafa did buy alot of youngster n set up the academy but how many times we see the faces of the youth player break thru to the senior team ? Yes Lucas was given times n chances to prove himself but how many youth player had the luxury of what Lucas had ? Jay Spearing ?
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There's also a lot of similarities between Rafa and Kenny on the young players. Let's not forget that Kenny's hand was forced by injuries to our almost all our regular and backup fullbacks. Remember Kenny played Danny Wilson at left for too many matches who was a fish out of water. Spearing too only because of injuries to Stevie, Poulsen and Shelvey.
I'm not saying Kenny doesn't support youth but he doesn't have a youth first policy like Wenger. I give Kenny a lot of credit for the confidence he instils in his players, but that's true for all his players, not just the young ones.