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Originally Posted by antohan
That's not a fair comparison. A promising attacking player is worth a punt when surrounded by Messi/Henry/Deco, etc shaking things up and creating opportunities. If they have a poor game too bad, you can probably live with it. You can also give them a run as a sub more easily.
A promising centre back is a risky bet because he is your last line of defence. A poor game costs you the game.
I like the kid and would like him to get more action, but I'll be bricking it throughout the game wishing Rio and Vida were there.
Too bad they cocked up the Carling  |
I'm not comparing player for player but club by club. It's just a fact that we don't take the risks with young players as much as we used to, your talking about how easy it is to bring through attacking talents but we had one of the finest young forwards around in Rossi and we gave him 1 league start in all the time he was with us.
Besides I don't think your argument about young defenders vs attackers holds much weight. I said Fletcher was the last player to come through the youth and reserve set-up but who was the last attacker who made it at United? You have to go back over a decade to people like Giggs and Scholes but defensive players like P. Neville, O'Shea and Brown have come through the system since that time.
And surely a goal keeper is the last line of defence.