Noddy, do you think it's possible that the time these young fellas have spent alongside older heads at Peel, training and playing, is what has developed them to the stage they are at now? We had generations of young players thrown to the wolves, out of necessity not for any other reason, and it made for a very hard learning curve for a lot of them. Over the last few years we have had the luxury of making these players ready before they have to step up not after, and it has shown up in the team, and most cases, individual performances.
Interestingly, even though a lot of posters have the opinion that if these players don't get a game, they will go somewhere else, we don't see many of them demanding to be traded. They all seem happy where they are. I for one am confident that the selection committee are doing a good job with the youngsters, and while I like most don't always agree with selection policy, a lack of inside knowledge means I am most probably wrong in my opinions about team selection more often than right.
