The argument seems to be that we shouldn't let youth players go without giving them several first team games to see what they've got. Considering the high number of players that are in each year group in the academy that seems to be a bit impractical. We can't keep them all.
Jeffers was largely pretty poor today, his first touch was off, he was knocked off the ball easily, and was nowhere near the threat of Assombalonga alongside him.
We showed patience with Wilson because he was a talented kid who'd had a number of injury problems. We showed less patience with Jeffers because the people at the club had less faith that he'd develop into a good player.
I'm not knocking the kid, hopefully he carves out a decent career for himself, but from all I've seen I don't imagine he'll ever play at a higher level than he's at now.