Agree with you there and the reluctance of the lower league clubs to allow Celtic, sevco, hibs or let's just say the top 4 is incredibly unbelievable for it would benefit those smaller clubs financially and also our youth players (not only celtics but Scottish youth players) experience. It has to be the way forward with regards to giving youth a chance to play as we cant loan them all out. If they can do this in other countries outside the big 5 leagues like portugal for example then we can definitely do it here. I'm at a loss as to why the lower league clubs dont want it as the colts could never be promoted to the premier league and youd think it would also be beneficial for the likes of Edinburgh city , Montrose, forfar etc to play against the best youth players in the country for their own players development. The SFA/SPFL should impose it . So backwards its unbelievable then you remember that we are talking about Scotland here. All the jokes of how the Irish are daft stupid and backwards should now be applied to Scotland not ireland. We do at present have one but only one opportunity to play a colts side and that's thanks to irn bru and the challenge cup. If it's acceptable for that then what's the problem? I thoroughly believe that since the scrapping of a European place for the winners of the league cup, that is where we should blood our youth. Let's face it , apart from being part of the treble that cup is no longer relevant to a club like Celtic. It is to the rest but we dont need it and should field our youngsters there. Many may and have disagreed with me on this point saying that this cup , being the first honour of the season gives the winners impetus and confidence to kick on to better things during the season. I cant disagree with that point , still for our club , what exactly other than bragging rights (we hardly need those) does this cup give us? I'm unsure of the 2019 season but the 2017 seasons league cup winners took home a whopping £250,000 !! So given the amount of cash that Celtic have ploughed into Lennoxtown and the money we have spent bringing youngsters to Celtic , I mean £350,000 we paid for Luca Connell £100k more than winning that trophy is worth , shirley it is in our interests to go it alone even if need be and give them a chance in that cup coupled with the challenge cup ? I believe the majority of our support would agree with that sentiment and we get to develop our colts at the club without having to farm them out. Methinks HH