Seems to be at the stage that he either makes it with us, or moves on to first team football elsewhere.
Good question. He's under contract for another year, but hasn't been mentioned.
True. Bjordal's loan only finished on 16th July, and he actually played for Gothenburg on that date.
Yearwood certainly caught the eye - admittedly it was only one game, but would be worth a cheeky bid, I reckon. Our youngsters looked OK when they came on too, especially Connolly (IMHO).
Absolutely this. But unfortunately it seems that it's something Brighton just doesn't do. I'd love to see one on the bench regularly, and being given a 5-10 minute run out if we were 3-0 up (or down) and it would be unlikely to affect the outcome.
Why not? A majority of players on the bench aren't going to get on the pitch anyway, and I'm sure there will be the odd occasion this season when we are three goals down with 5 or 10 minutes to go* when we could give a youngster a go (and remember, they might turn out to do very well - we'll never know until they've been tried). It's also very likely that some of our PL opponents will be featuring one or two players that are 'too young' to play for Brighton!
Apart from your £10M valuation (which I think is just a tad over the top!) I agree with you. And if he scores a couple of tap-ins, he'll be worth his place on the bench and the pitch.
I think that's go as much to do with it being Southampton as anything! But fair dos - it does work for them, and also to be fair, Walcott and AOC have gone on to play for England.