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Originally Posted by Anduin
Remember we are allowed to bench seven players next year in the Prem. Should be a huge adavantage compared to this season in terms of using our squad and giving some youth players a chance of first team football (e.g. if we are leading a side 4-0 at home...)
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But is an occasional cameo, in a game that's already out of reach, really helpful in developing a player?
Would Frazier Campbell have been better off hanging around in the Reserves, playing an occasional Carling Cup tie, and getting an occasional runout in a game that's already over? I think he has benefitted far more by having spent the season playing competitive matches in the Championship, helping push Hull City to promotion. Evans, likewise, is better off having spent 2008 with Sunderland, playing against Premiership sides every week, fighting to keep the club away from relegation. Situations like these provide critical experience to a young player.
Much better for them than what Eagles and Simpson got, training with the senior side but rarely getting more than a Reserve match. They would have got a little bit more time had we won a couple of Carling Cup matches, and they might have got 6 minutes against Aston Villa (had the new 7 sub rule been in effect), but what good is that?