Do you honestly think he would have got game time here had he stayed? I think he'd have been out on loan in the Champ or L1 personally as we seem reluctant to blood our youngsters.
Yes, most certainly. If I recall at the time, he was just about breaking through, and even made a few sub appearances at the age of 16. At that time, Berahino was 3 years older and was on loan at Northampton in league 2.
It's fair to assume that he'd have gone through the same steps that Berahino did to get football, i.e. loaned out to the lower leagues then called up when the time was correct, and I believe that time would have been around now or next season.
It's interesting that people question Berahino's attitude but at least he saw out the lower leagues, played football and advanced naturally - you have to give him respect for that. Funnily enough he will now be on to better things than Brown in terms of money and success and he deserves it.