I was joking with Tymon and Smith mate. I meant it as an obvious downgrade from Wan Bissaka/Chilwell.
I know our youngsters are talented, but all u23 players are these days. The fact that they're talented says nothing about whether or not they're going to make it here.
How many of them actually make it? Extremely few. Give them chances to prove themselves - sure. But don't keep playing them when they're doing poorly in some desperate hope they might become Kane mach 2, because 999/1000, that's not what's going to happen.
They should be given chances in cup games, through loans or as emergency subs, not be relied upon as key starters or rotational option before they're ready, that simply assures that they'll fail due to pressure or that we'll lose points.
You're not wrong.
He SHOULD have been given chances in cup games. He wasn't and if he was, it was mostly out of position. Again, that's ALL on Pochettino. If Poch doesn't feel he's ready then he should be sent out on loan. If Poch feels he ISNT good enough, then he WOULD have gone out on loan (CCV, Onomah etc).