Bringing young players through

01 September 2011 11:10
Getting the balance right Admittedly we were a bit stretched to put out a strong team last Saturday with injuries.  But it was encouraging to see a few younger players starting or coming on as subs - Falky, Girvan (age 21), Wedderburn (21), Ardallany (age 22) and subs Strachan and Birse (some record claims Birse is only 16 - is that right?), Bryce (21), while Elfverson (19) has still to come back Experience is vital - Sheerin (37), McAnespie (31), Malcolm (32), Gibson (31) and Kerr (29) provide some of that. On ages, I was surprised to see Mark Baxter is still only 26, and Sibanda looks younger than his 27 years.   Onwards and upwards To quote Dave Barry:  You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.

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