Whatever happened to throwing kids in at the deep end?
We shouldn't keep wrapping these young footballers in cotton wool and then wonder where all the promising young talent has gone.
I think grealish should be given his chance, he's earned a shot at 1st team football, yes he needs to raise his game a level or two but you can only do that playing against quality teams week in week out, I can appreciate protecting keepers and defenders is a good thing as a bad experience could hamper their development but surely an attacking player needs to be let off the leash.
Where would Owen or rooney be had they been sheltered from the 1st team?, I remember rooney playing against us in the youth fa cup final and he looked far from premiership quality and by contrast luke young looked like a worldbeater for us, obviously rooney rose to the challenge and I think grealish would too