Cotterill says “We need to promote our Academy boys and get our 18-year-olds playing for the under-21s – real sink or swim football, because they will learn quickly from that,” he explained. “For a season they might struggle. But at the end of that season, one hundred percent they will be better players and more streetwise. “The tough ones will come through it, and those will be the ones you want in your first team squad.” Read more at http://www.bcfc.co.uk/news/article/20140530-cotterillonrecruitment-1590826.aspx#shWSGEYAVRBKARVS.99 So if they're good enough then they will get their chance There are no prizes for second place in pro football (apart from the Champions League of course, and the Euro Mickey Mouse Cup for Hull)
