The Norwich City manager has been under pressure in recent weeks.
The former Norwich City favourite Darren Huckerby has praised Daniel Farke for having the bottle to blood a number of Canaries youngsters at first team level.
Max Aarons (18), Jamal Lewis (20) and Emi Buendia (21) were again involved as Norwich beat Reading 2-1 away on Wednesday, as 20-year-old Todd Cantwell made his league debut for the club.
Pressure has grown on Farke, the Norwich manager of 16 months, of late. And the German could have perhaps been forgiven for favouring experience as he sought to turn around City’s fortunes.
To the delight of Huckerby, however, his bravery looks to have paid off.
“The Manager needs to take a lot of credit for having the bottle to put them (the youngsters) in,” wrote the 42-year-old on Twitter. “(The) best development young players can ever have is Playing 1st team football.”
But the Nottingham native warned: “(T)hen it’s up to them to stay there and make a career in the game.”
The win, which was Norwich’s second in a row following the international break, lifted the Canaries four places to 12th, with a play-off place now only two points away.
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