Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger is confident his youngsters will be up to the mark in their Carling Cup tie with West Brom.
"It will be a much younger team against West Brom," Wenger told Arsenal TV Online.
"We will be faithful to our tradition and try to find a good balance between youth and experience - Wilshere, Ramsey, Sanchez Watt, Wojciech [Szczesny].
"We will have as well Senderos and Silvestre as experienced players, Kieran Gibbs will play.
"I believe we will have a good mixture between experience and youth."
Wenger feels the progress of players like Nicklas Bendtner and Denilson go to show just how important the Carling Cup is for Arsenal's next generation of talent - with current captain Cesc Fabregas having made his debut in the much-maligned competition against Rotherham at Highbury back during October 2003 when he became the youngest player to represent the first team aged just 16 years and 177 days.
"If you look at the players who were on the pitch against Celtic in the Champions League, they all played in the Carling Cup - Bendtner, [Alex] Song, Denilson, Fabregas even [Gael] Clichy," Wenger said.
"They all started in the Carling Cup. That shows you how important it is to go through this stage."
