this is like 2016 lebron not prime lebron . <| sep |> To what end ? They ' ve now told us what the issue is and when to expect the next update , there isn ' t really anything else that can be done until then . <| sep |> I ' ll try , I ' m actually going to shoot him a text today also wishing him a Happy Thanksgiving and Happy Birthday and asking if he ' d want anything for a late present since I forgot . <| sep |> I would define youth development as taking young players say 18 years and assuring they are first team quality when they reach the beginning of their prime at about age 23 . From that view , I think he has done well at working our first team players in that young age bracket into regular starters . You broaden that to include bringing players who have not played any first team football or very little and moving them into the position of regular first team games . I think when you look at our academy objectively , the only player of about first team age 1820 who deserves some opportunities would be TFM . And I think he has been given suitable chances and there is no reason to believe he won ' t get further chances in the right competitions . With the number of games we play in various competitions , there is little to be gained from throwing inexperienced players into the EPL it makes sense to blood them if they ' re good in minor competitions . I think slower development that affords opportunity only to truly good players is preferable to a system that sees a lot of debutantes but a poor retention rate at around the age of 23 . Youth development works if it is built into the nature of the club and if the players that play are good enough to be first team players for the club . I can see your logic on loans and personally I think we should be looking at a buy back clause system to work with that incentive issue but I still think the league cup or fa Cup , even with some devaluing of quality , is a good bridge between reserves and EPL . I think Mourinho is handling development of young players in the first stages of the first team as best as could be done and I think he has given good opportunities to the best academy prospect that is not already a first team player , but also been aware of that player ' s limits .