I shall say this if the former head of youth development is now manager of first team and doesn't fancy you for first team competition what hope do you have?
Don't agree with you considering he was coming off a fantastic season with QOTS Played 25 games scored 2 with 2 assists that tells me he was ready for first team.
McGinn could have been pushed inside,Sol or lamie dropped and Johnston been starting with Penny on the left.