No. Norwood and Towell made appearances in the first team last season. If I wanted to lower the age I'd have thrown in someone like Rohan Ince but that would have been disingenuous given his lack of appearances last year.
EDIT: Or I'd have included Knockaert, March, Skalak and Murphy all of...
Eh? Of the five players usually found in the middle of the park for us last season only Sidwell is over thirty and the next oldest, Kayal, is 29.
Beram Kayal - 29
Dale Stephens - 27
Steve Sidwell - 34
Ollie Norwood - 26
Richie Towell - 25
Give us an average age of around 28 which is admittedly...