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Fringe players.

Fringe players.

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I can't see the point in giving fringe players only bounce or in house games(no tackling or contact) in which to prove themselves. Especially when regardless off form certain players will get picked anyway.Alex, how about telling the fans your thoughts behind this reasoning?
 
It took a great appearance v Bournemouth to get Grayson to start giving Pearson some starts, hopefully the Norwich game will lead to some revelation for Neil.
 
jfm509 said:
It took a great appearance v Bournemouth to get Grayson to start giving Pearson some starts, hopefully the Norwich game will lead to some revelation for Neil.
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That was also the game which saw Maxwell prove he was worthy of starting over Lindegaard.

I'm a massive Rudd fan but if Ripley, Hudson or Crowe has something to say on Saturday, I'm all ears.
 
Don't have much hope for any of our keepers bar Rudd, unless we're signing one I'd rather see Corcoran given a go.
 
Don't know about everyone, but I'm sure Storey and Bayliss will be pleased to have the opportunity to get some first team minutes under their belts. Ginnelly too?
 
Hudson, Storey, Bayliss, Ginnelly to all get a go v Norwich and some of the youth grads to come off the bench.

Norwich will likely start the pacey lad Idah up top.
 
jamesOB said:
I’d have thought the first 11 were doing their best to make it difficult to choose the next team
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Yeah, it's an odd message - sort of "despite these 2 home defeats, the next league team will still be easy for me to pick, unless someone does something really special in this cup game".

Doesn't exactly sound like hot competition for places.
 
Has Ginnelly even appeared since his hat trick against Chorley? Did more than enough to earn a first team spot in that game, played direct and ran at his man time and time again. Exactly what we need now.
 
LancasterRed said:
Has Ginnelly even appeared since his hat trick against Chorley? Did more than enough to earn a first team spot in that game, played direct and ran at his man time and time again. Exactly what we need now.
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Highlighted bit possibly a factor?
 
The bottom line is that we have too many players.

Yesterday, we had the following players who for one reason or another couldn’t make the 18 man squad.

DJ & Moult (both injured)
Clarke, Rafferty, Ginnelly & Green. Green has now left, so that’s one player less.

Personally, I cant see how a club with a bottom 3/4 budget can afford to have 6 players + the new pro‘s from the Youth Set Up, sat in the stands. We have too many ‘fringe’ players and we need to cull the numbers at the club. If we reduced our numbers down by 6, we could maybe bring in better quality players. In order to do that we may have to make sacrifices like selling a couple of our better players. Let’s face it, players like Pearson, DJ, Davies, Gally, Browne & Barkhuizen have been at the club for 4 years or so and they’ve not been good enough to reach the play offs after 46 games, so collectively they’re not good enough. The strategy at the club needs to change. If we reduced our numbers by 5 or 6, TH would find it more difficult to object to spending a bit extra on quality players.
 
what's wrong with bayliss for some reason AN not playing him ...rumoured to cost £££ but obviously lacks experience at championship level
 
llanroc said:
The bottom line is that we have too many players.

Yesterday, we had the following players who for one reason or another couldn’t make the 18 man squad.

DJ & Moult (both injured)
Clarke, Rafferty, Ginnelly & Green. Green has now left, so that’s one player less.

Personally, I cant see how a club with a bottom 3/4 budget can afford to have 6 players + the new pro‘s from the Youth Set Up, sat in the stands. We have too many ‘fringe’ players and we need to cull the numbers at the club. If we reduced our numbers down by 6, we could maybe bring in better quality players. In order to do that we may have to make sacrifices like selling a couple of our better players. Let’s face it, players like Pearson, DJ, Davies, Gally, Browne & Barkhuizen have been at the club for 4 years or so and they’ve not been good enough to reach the play offs after 46 games, so collectively they’re not good enough. The strategy at the club needs to change. If we reduced our numbers by 5 or 6, TH would find it more difficult to object to spending a bit extra on quality players.
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The problem is that without our U18s being first team ready and the amount of injuries we pick up in a season we need the bodies.

As farcical as the training ground situation is I would sooner we spent that money on an U23 squad
 
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