The difference GS is the younger player in England still gets the opportunity by playing in a u23 league where a level of consistency can be developed to gain a trust in a manager that he is worthy of taking that step up to the higher level, we got nothing in Scotland so it maintains as a sink or swim attitude still in place.
You also have to take into account GS, that a tag as a failure can be attracted to a young player which isn't a easy tag to remove, especially when they haven't been given a fair opportunity to actually succeed.
It requires a huge mental strength, more so within Scotland to succeed and all this within a league that is hardly renowned for the standards of football being set over the last number of years still.
I'll never buy into that the young talent isn't on offer or available still, but the development programme as such still remains a shambles still.
I will go as far as saying that plenty would be keeping an eye upon some of the players on view in the lowland league currently, and who could blame them if they thought a better opportunity to succeed in their career can be offered in England still, I wouldn't and its something I worry about our tradition been lost in time if the current structure of Scottish football isn't addressed, sooner rather than later imo.