Tom Huddlestone, Gareth Barry, Jack Wilshere... All current generation English stars who played aged 17/18 on a regular basis and benefited from it.
Paul Scholes, Steven Gerrard, Jamie Redknapp (lol)... Moving on from just English midfielders, we're seeing bright talents like Eden Hazard, Oscar, Raheem Sterling, Gareth Bale, James Milner, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain... All being used early and often.
The one thing they all have in common is playing regularly at the top level ASAP. They didn't all hit the ground running - Steven Gerrard admits his first season at Liverpool was horrible because of nerves - but they all benefited from faith shown in them and from consistent football.
If Moyes isn't going to play Barkley now, and prefer a 30 year old plus German who looks like he's here for a holiday unfortunately - or, even worse, the 35-year-old fraud we call a captain - for 90 minutes each and every week in midfield, then we may as well sell him now.
To be perfectly honest, if I were Ross, I'd be handing in the transfer request in January, even if it meant dropping down a division, because he has all the talent in the world but he's at the wrong club at the wrong time with the wrong manager.
I can understand the logic of not starting him all the time because we have to keep a rigid team shape and can't afford errors - but I can't understand only bringing him on for 10 minute cameos against stellar opposition when the game is already dead. It's almost as if Moyes is trying to deal him the worst possible hand he can.