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Chin up, that's why they often have several branches of McDonald's around university campuses.

What's important is that we continue to develop (or pick up) the best of those young players in the first place, which hasn't really been a tradition at the Albion over the years. Then, whether they go on to make a huge impact in the first team, or are sold on for a large fee before they've...

Quite. And, within reason, I don't particularly have an issue with that. Selling decent young players on is a fact of life, once you've actually figured out a way to find and develop those players in the first place. Southampton are a Premier League side, but it's all but inevitable their young...

Especially ones they've signed from other clubs :)

I hear what you're saying, but the likes of Arsenal & Chelsea have hoovered up plenty of youngsters from smaller clubs over the last decade. Many have rarely been heard of again. Tom Taiwo & Michael Woods, anyone? John Bostock? I suppose they were good. But not good enough.

Fair enough. Personally, I can't say I saw anything in those games that made me go "wow", but then playing against 17yr olds probably isn't an accurate reflection of his ability anyway. It's going to be how he copes against grown men that will tell us. Please don't think I'm slating him...

Could you be more specific?

Can I just ask how so many people seem to be so knowledgeable as to exactly how good this kid is? I don't doubt he's got promise, that's why we signed him, but youth team and professional football are worlds apart, which must be at least part of the reason we haven't produced a regular first...

Arsenal strikes me as a bit of a graveyard for the career of a young keeper. Couldn't blame him if he jumped at it though. Would we need to pay Plymouth anything?