There have been plenty of examples of youngsters being forced into the firing line due to injuries, suspensions , etc and emerging as a decent player and doing well - Rashford at United last season is one such example. Who knows, if one of our youngsters are suddenly thrown in at the deep end...
Why oh why didn't we sign a Leon Best, Jonathan Obika or a Billy Paynter as we are so desperate for a 4th striker on the books, after all they have all scored goals elsewhere so they must be up to our required standard and wouldn't have just been a spot filler in the squad for the sake of having...