Ilderton Wanderer
Well-known member
I’ll be surprised if more than one or two ever play for our first team, if that.
The wastage rate of young players is absolutely staggering, for a whole host of reasons.
Certainly don’t hold your breath waiting for them to appear.
This is a stick that is often used to hit the club or whoever the current manager is but it isn’t something that is unique to Millwall. Every year hundreds of young players are released by clubs across the country, when you think about it football is a finite game and there is only enough room in a first team squad for x amount of players so naturally only the very best will ever make it.
It’s understandable that fans get frustrated but it is simply the way it is and always will be. Every summer there is outrage when players are released with fans citing the familiar and now boring Eze example to criticise the club but the truth is that for every Eze there are countless numbers that don’t make it and it’s proven to be the correct decision by the club.