spideybuff, I'll go with option 2.
This article should be printed and stick in the TTFA's office walls.
It's a good article that covers the ground work.
We all know the good players will eventually go aboard and yes, this and that, like some of you pointed out here.
But give credit, a solid local team is a good start even if its a U-23 team.
Our coach will always want his top players even if its a friendly game because he doesn't want to get embarrass again, but I see nothing wrong in getting a bad result in a friendly game if we learn from it.
What if Hyland, Kenwyne, Boucaud, Joevin and Abu Bakr can't make it, then what?
Then we are left to throw in rookies and it could be worst.
On the other side, credit to Hart, he does have good pedigree as a coach and the players like him, this is why a local thing can be a good step for him to develop players to another level.