drummindefender
Active Member
I've played at goals with you lot long enough to be able to get into things Matt. That doesn't phase me in the slightest. I just don't see why i shouldn't be given as equal a chance to play as anybody else. I don't really understand your point about a long term absence and it being unfair to wait to get back in the team, as surely thats what i'm doing right now? I played well enough to get picked the other week but didn't for stupid reasons hence why i've raised the issue.I'm not taking as a personal vendetta, it just seems wrong to me because of the reasons I have specified.
At the end of the day Harry will decide and I will go along with his decision. It will be interesting to see who opts to go in goal though if my dad lets in a few.
My questions were valid though, how long does a person have to be playing under par to be dropped?
Don't forget you will be coming into a team that has been playing together for a long time, so we know where each other is and needs to be, it would be unfair to expect you to drop straight in and play within the system consistently. It would be equally unfair to expect someone to sit on the sidelines for 4 or 5 weeks waiting for you to do so, and it would be the same if anyone came back from a long term absence.
Either way, with the form people are in at the minute it would be harsh to drop anyone.
If we choose to go this route then of course I will still play, but I am concerned that it will end up pissing off a lot of players, and we will end up with a team much smaller than we have currently.
Also logistics come into it, are we going to start picking based on the opposition? If we play City or AC dead people will we drop an attacking player who is in form for a more defensive player to counter the opposition's strength? If this is the case we don't get a call to know when a game is confirmed until Tuesday earliest, if I or anyone is going to be dropped that suddenly throws their Thursday night plans out.
These aren't meant to be arsey questions btw, I think they are all valid and would be interested to hear your and Harrys opinions on them.
I don't really understand why you so concerned about it pissing people off. If theres 8 of us who want to play then someone's going to have to miss out, and if thats based on form then i'll have no complaints-i didn't complain to harry the first week i was dropped out again because i wasn't up to standard and if it happens again i'll accept it.
In relation to how form will be judged team rotation etc thats Harry's area.