I understand the clamour for more of the younger players to start, but to play devil's advocate - does throwing them to the wolves potentially do more harm than good?
Fans and pundits can be so fickle, if we put out all the players we're pinning our hopes for the future on and City had put 4+ past us how quickly would stories start appearing about players not being good enough? What effect would it have on their belief/confidence?
We're pretty rudderless right now, we can all see there's deadwood in the side (though we may disagree on just how much there is) and we know a clear-out is needed. We also know that several players are on 7+ year contracts, they're here for a while, they'll get their chances.
If decisions are to be made about the rest of the squad it stands to reason we give them chances on the pitch to show their worth.
Personally I think Trev has been very good since Lampard's come in, and I believe we should be doing our best to keep him at the club, the same goes for Gallagher, and I'd also argue RLC offers something different in midfield and is versatile, and seemingly ok with a squad/rotation role.
On the other hand I think Silva's age has shown more in the past month than it has ever before, and Kai's not shown me much of anything to make me think he has a future with us.
The footballs been crap, the results worse, but at least we've learnt a few things from this write off of a season.
