Rocco Vata

A few nice touches but not much chance to impress. Forrest probably should have passed to him right at the end, he would have had a free shot from 7 or 8 yards.

Not questioning his talent but I’m just seriously cynical with Celtic atm! 

Dembele was given a few token appearances and then never heard from again. He's now with Ligue 1 Brest and has made more appearances in 4 months with them than he did in 3 years with Celtic. He's yet another example of a highly talented youngster that Celtic failed to do anything to develop.

This is it! I have noticed a number of Scottish players have gone beyond England into the French and Italian Leagues looking for top flight football this summer! Doig,Dembele,Ferguson,Hendry! It’s gone okay for them in general so far all lads tipping away getting minutes! 

Back to Vata it’s just hard not to be cynical about Celtic atm! 

Then again, are your expectations that a 16yo is playing every game every week?

What happened with Callum McGregor and James Forrest? they seem to be young players who were given a chance and played and are still playing.

It comes down to if your good enough you will play.

How many 16/17 year olds are playing for other clubs?

It simply comes down to being good enough. 

Ralston has lost his place despite having an excellent season last year (as is the Celtic way, just keep signing more players which pushes the academy players down). Welsh is another who is likely on his way out of the club, did alright when he got a chance but was quickly thrown on the scrapheap when the shiny new signings were made. 

Celtic's current gameplan is to sign in quantity and hope a couple come good, they've no interest whatsoever in development.

Who's moving anything? The reality is that Celtic's record in actually nurturing young talent rather than just churning through it is appaling.

Every Irish player who has went there has been worse the move - the ones who were clearly never good enough in the first place (ie Afolabi and Coffey) have proven that point subsequent to moving on in their career trajectories. The ones who actually had talent and could have been far better managed by Celtic (ie Okoflex, Connell, and O'Connor) have also proved as much after leaving. O'Connor is a linchpin for Tranmere and has consistently looked like a player with the ability to play at a higher level; Connell has had a very good start to his Barnsley career; and Okoflex almost immediately broke into West Ham's first team squad and is now making regular appearances off the bench for Swansea. Celtic did absolutely nothing to maximise the potential of these players, they basically left them to p*ss around in the reserves and just hope that they would magically become first teamers.