2022 NPL Youth thread

[jessepinkman]

Agree that youth isn’t about just those wanting to get to the top, but we have a handbrake on those kids that do which means they stand alongside those kids doing it for fun and friendship. Accelerate the best kids into the older ages pronto and we’ll make some headway.

This is true.

For relevancy, the 2 best players in the under 18s competition in NL1 last year were both bottom aged.

One is playing reserve grade right now and coming off the bench in firsts at Club A, even though he qualifies for 18s.

The other, at club B, is still playing 18s and scoring multiple goals a game. Without him, that 18s team doesn't finish top 2 etc, so I am guessing he is held back for this reason.

Which one do you think is having better development? (for reference, both should be in NPL and would be dominant there too)