Your last point is spot on but is lost on many people with their “ He’d never get into a top Six team” when discussing our younger players, forgetting we’re not a top six team and don’t have the money to get there quickly and particularly don’t have the money to spend on high quality squad players - from the weekend all the City outfield subs would get into our team. We can’t compete with that , so I’d rather we spent our money on a few quality first team players backed up by others we have developed comparatively cheaply if they prove good enough particularly on loan.It's difficult to say how big the jump is in terms of the individual quality of player I think. The difference between being standing out in the Championship and standing out in the PL is huge, but in terms of just being good enough to hold your own I don't think it's as big as people suggest. If you look at the likes of Bournemouth, Brighton, Burnley etc, they have squads full of what would have been generally regarded as Championship players but they're capable of doing a job in the PL in the right set up/surrounded by sufficient quality. You'd like to think the same would apply to the likes of Williams, Robinson etc who are out on loan.
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