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David Moyes has praised his young players after clinching a vital three points at West Ham yesterday.

The Blues boss has admitted that he may be asking too much of the young stars, but also faced up to the fact that the squad at the moment does not have enough numbers of quality to rest them.

“We are coming to West Ham and having to win with Jack Rodwell who is 18 and Dan Gosling who is 19,” said Moyes.

“But it’s not just one game, we’ve had to do that in three or four games. It’s a lot to ask of the young payers.

“Jack has played an awful lot of football and while Dan is no doubt delighted to be playing, there are right moments when you should be playing youngsters and maybe we are having to play them at the wrong moments.

“On the evidence today you’d have to say both are mature players, and that can make them better and stronger. Then you can look at them not as young players, but players.

“We don’t have enough in the team at the moment to help them as much as we should.”...discuss this on the forums