There's an element of that yes, but what if you're not good enough? That's the dilemma you'd have as a young player. Yeah if i'm really good they'll treat me well, but so would anybody. No teams going to treat me badly if i'm Ross Barkley or John Stones level at 19, but what if i'm Matty Pennington or Joe Williams level? Good, but not that good. Will they look after me or will they freeze me out and say either accept a 40% pay cut and move 200 miles away to this team that wants you or you can rot away for a couple of years without ever pulling on the shirt again.
As I said earlier, I already understand your point of view. I'm not saying you're wrong, just that it's more nuanced and a difficult balancing act, rather than just being a case of saying we don't need them so they can be dropped or that we should play them every week. The problem was giving them the contracts in the first place, and that's where we need to improve. Having players who haven't broken through by 24 but are still under contract is a long way from ideal, but you have to come up with a solution better than just leaving them out of all your teams in my opinion.
