As FC Salzburg, Austrian champions with an average age of 23 (22, if you exclude their venerable left-back, Andreas Ulmer, who is 36), were coming within seconds of beating mighty Bayern Munich in the Champions League on Wednesday night, Tottenham Hotspur manager Antonio Conte's musings on the importance of experience were dong the rounds in London.
The Tottenham boss's words, when taken in context, weren't particularly critical of the club (certainly not to the degree they early snippets appeared to be), but they did underscore his belief in the value of experience.