If they’re good enough they’ll get chances McWilliams, Toney, Jacobs show that. Austin certainly seems keen to bring the youth through, I don’t think he’s the type to cut his nose of by ignoring a player that will help us. Time will tell.
We’ve not had many examples of players that were given contracts only to be never played and released that then became league players, Danny Green being the only one I can think of.
Not sure if they were ever given pro contracts but ...
Greg Taylor did at Cambridge I think
And the late Richard Butcher went to Diamonds whilst they were in the league, Lincoln and Macclesfield too.