Yes we may be lacking young 'nurtured' players, but Illingsworth's point is that Adkins would be incapable of managing here because we don't have enough young players, which is moronic. If he wants to say we need more young nurtured players in the squad, fine, but there's no way he can use that against Adkins. If anything his appointment and previous experience with youngsters is likely to improve the amount of youngsters in the first team.