Re: Challenging problem

Sheep2

steve aerobic

Although we won and were better in the second half would you risk dropping some of the regular first teamers who are under performing at this point in the season, drop them to prove a point and to give others the chance to step up or is this strategy too risky? What if they get hammered, I know fans would be all over them like they have been with Long.

I thought Chang did well. He deserves at least a place on the bench. We also have Khadra available at the weekend.


Shuffling the 11 and maybe a change or 2 to the 18 makes sense. I think we have to do that anyway due to injuries.

I'm not sure it is proving a point as such. You wouldn't expect to play the same 11 every week. In a game it needs to be 15 or 16 from the 18 man squad to produce the best performance. If that isn't working then obviously you'd expect a few changes. We have had quite a number of injuries forcing changes on us and we have a number of players who have not played regularly prior to this season. One or two players do look in need of a rest (Bacuna in particular), but it makes sense to have them in the squad even if not necessarily starting.

I don't think it is necessary or helpful to see this as dropping or punishing players. It's simply an acceptance that not every player is going to be in peak form and fitness all the time and also that we play against different teams that may require us to adapt.