Quote: KaeruJim "I wonder if there's some correlation between how young these guys made their open age debuts - it's hard to overstate the physcial impact for young lads playing against fully grown men (even in Championship). Calls into question our strategy of playing our young players in over-age environments right through the academy too IMO. It's OK having protocols in place but it does not stop you getting concussion from defending, or just from the legitimate force of impact compared to lads more their own age and strength.'"
It`s an interesting one and worth a debate or research to see if there`s a link.
How old were the likes of Havard, Hill, Nesemba at Wigan and others such as Holroyd at Warrington and Delaney at Saints?
Each one of them already decent prospects yet we seem to suffer more than others.
Is it because they were exposed to the first team too soon or we have been unlucky?
