Points and wins are of no relevance, BS – they haven’t been for ages.
All that matters is putting in ‘good minutes’ for inexperienced players.
(I do agree with CT about Wilson, though. But to be fair he tried his guts out.)
I don’t think that there is any hidden plan to put out loadsa youth in the team for the NL next season. That would be committing harakiri.
Do O’Malley and Rowe (as FBs, of course) even count any more?
1/2 youngsters who have learned what it’s about in recent months and 7 or 8 experienced players is a good team balance – especially with 3/4 youngsters on the bench who are not without valid experience.
Under current financial conditions – youth must play some part – and of course, it must not fill the first team.
This is why I wrote elsewhere that we probably need: 8 in with experience. To do this properly means not bringing in expensive 18 year old loanees who don’t care all that much.