Charlton's starlet

Sky Sports have a very positive piece on Jonjo Shelvey:
Shelvey

My only concern about this sort of piece is that it encourages the view that we should put out a team of youngsters from our own Academy. I think that in Shelvey's case he was played too much before he was full ready and that didn't help him.

Of course, the other side of the coin is that if you don't play him, someone else might snap him up. It could be argued that we have lost some good young players in recent years, but it's often difficult to tell how good they are at a young age. Also, there may be someone very good in their favoured position.