
Originally Posted by
The Magician
Yes many of the 17 year old players in the U19's helped out the U17 squad at the start of the season as it was decimated by injuries in preseason and the U15's werent ready yet to make the step up. Many of those U17 year olds would then go on to star for the U22's in the premiership winning season, and to their credit many U15's developed the confidence to step up into the U17's as the year progressed.
Magic has a policy of only signing 14 players per yth squad so playing up/down occurs frequently.