I am confussed - can I add this wee man to my 2012-2013 or is he a mere yoof player ?

He's a seventeen year old being brought into our youth's with the hope he turns out to be a superstar.

He says he wants to be involved with the first team but is eligible for youths.

He says he wants to be involved with the first team but is eligible for youths.

Don't all the youth players want to be involved with the first team? I'd be worrying about his ambition levels if he had said anything else.

IHE......a smack on the wrist for you...there is no such thing as a mere Yoof player in ICT. They are all, until we know differently, prospects for the future of ICT.

He says he wants to be involved with the first team but is eligible for youths.

Don't all the youth players want to be involved with the first team? I'd be worrying about his ambition levels if he had said anything else.

I think Luke was getting at the fact he not only hopes but HAS a serious chance of being involved in the first team this season, which he took from his reading of said player's twitter. This is in deep contrast to most youth players who hope but do not have a serious chance of being involved in the first team this season (or ever as things have panned out recently ;) ).

He says he wants to be involved with the first team but is eligible for youths.

Don't all the youth players want to be involved with the first team? I'd be worrying about his ambition levels if he had said anything else.

IHE......a smack on the wrist for you...there is no such thing as a mere Yoof player in ICT. They are all, until we know differently, prospects for the future of ICT.

Perhaps it is different in the far north but "mere" to me relates to being nothing more than is specified - at the present time he is a mere yoof player and of course mere yoof players should have aspirations for the future.