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I think since Ange put Phillips on the bench ahead of Dier then that tells us he's more willing to rely on the youngster. He has played a few games at Blackburn (not many but still).Do we have anything to suggest he sees them as ready this season?
For a long time on this site there have been fans that think if a player isn’t good enough then a youngster will do.
No Prem seems to operate in this way by just throwing youngsters in. Imagine if Romero got injured and Phillips was forced to play despite being nowhere near ready for this level.
It’s be carnage.
I personally don't think they are "Ready" but I believe that playing a few premier league games in place of Romero or Van de Ven would be good for their development and would put a lot of people's minds at rest. If Sanchez goes I think we'll see him start to get minutes later in matches that we are winning comfortably