The second topic is whether we have a manager who would take a risk with young players. I've posted quite a bit lately about successive managers at Everton not trusting young players enough. Prime example was Carlo last season who should have given more game time to Nkounkou and Gordon early in the season when their confidence was high and when Richie and Digne were unavailable. Silva wasn't much better and don't get me started on Big Sam. Is Benitez different? Would he start youngsters like Patterson? I don't know. My head tells me no he wouldn't, but I have to say I've enjoyed watching us in the 2 games this season a lot more than I did in the second half of last season under Carlo, so in that regard I've been wrong about him already.