Well, the flipside is that you don't play anyone anywhere near as good as Champions League sides in the Champo, plus a romp over Hamilton Accies isn't necessarily a total waste of a teenager's time.
The blend of different levels is an intriguing opportunity.
It still just comes back to us having absolute trust Mikey is going to play though, IMO. Mason and perhaps Chris Davies at Birmingham can offer that to us in a way others can't.
The one thing we most want to avoid is him being an unused sub week after week by like October when we can't recall him.