Yes, when the youngsters made their debuts Buchanan looked the pick of the crop, injuries hampered him I think. Lineker started on the right wing and was no winger, hadn’t got a trick and could only go one way. He came back after one summer however and had bulked up and gained a yard too, came on as substitute for Jim Melrose, when in my eyes he should’ve been playing in front of him that season, we missed a season of him we could’ve had I felt.
Buchanan’s case though does show that it can go wrong for youngsters, he was very good at 16.