Can't expect youngsters to jump in and save the day regarding the first team. Need good, successful senior players to bring them on and nurture their talents and it's a gradual process.
We have senior players throwing in the towel and getting horsed 6-1 by Falkirk and 3-0 by Morton so where's the role model for these kids to better themselves?
Also when we play a youngster in the first team they usually get dropped no matter how well they do. What did Cammy Ballantyne do wrong in his last first team appearance? Yet he gets dropped for a midfielder to play right back.
Tbh the youth setup appears to be half arsed anyway (much like Dundee United as a club these days) with no repercussions for how poorly they are doing in the development league and any player that's half decent gets sold for peanuts without playing for us. Would revamp the whole youth strategy or get rid.