Totally agree. Think people would be rushing to say that Carruthers and Johnson are going to be better. Really no clue how they will be until they properly step up to the first team and get some more games.
I'd like to see Bannan get a good chance this season. It looks like he has some great vision when he plays, but maybe doesn't quite have the skill to back it up at the moment. I'd hope for an above average season for him this year (anymore and he'll get nabbed by someone else like all the rest of our good players...). If he has a worse season than the last, then I'd start maybe asking whether he is good enough for us. Totally disagree, I think anybody with a keen eye and a bit of a clue can compare and contrast players of differing development stages and make a judgement on who is the better prospect. I haven't seen much of Bannan, less of Johnson - but I think he's the better prospect based on what I have seen.