There is absolutely no way you can judge Pardew in respect of younger players at the club based on this season. Unless you have someone exceptional like Walcott or Bale you need to introduce young players slowly. Aside from the cup games there have been precious few opportunities to do that. Of course we could have played more of our younger players in the Cup games but for me Pardew's comment that we needed to develop a winning mentality was bang on the money and for that reason alone I have no problem with his team selections. I'm convinced it will be a different story next season and we will rest a lot of players for the cup games though of course that remains to be seen. However, Pardew has a lot about him which suggests to me he knows that will be the best option.