Trying to compare Ravel to Giggs is impossible. I think it's probably a fairer question to ask is if Ravel would have made it into the class of 92? I think it's fair to say yes, and he'd probably have made it 7 first team regulars as opposed to the 6 we got out of it. You look back at the game in 92, our first team squad was probably no more than 16 or 17 players, compared to today when we have to name 18 players per game.
Whilst the increase in subs available to be selected from would have created more chances for youngsters back then to break thoguh, in todays game where by we've got squads of 25, it's increasingly harder for a player to break through the ranks at a club like United. Giggs was a freak, in that in any day and age he'd have broken through, there was no holding him back at Ravel's age. Even today, he'd be forcing his way through into the first team.
Ravel will make it, and I think once he gets a few games under his belt, will force his way into the squad, but he needs some games in the CC or FA cup to force his way in.