Wires71 wrote:
Isn't that the point though - that there is no concept of a someones predetermined place in the side. There are current occupants of a game day jersey which they earn on merit. Loose form and someone else will occupy it. I bet Price has his reasons.
Was it not players thinking they were/actually were undroppable that caused problems in the past?
There certainly was a perception amongst some that, historically, some players appeared undroppable, how true that was I am not sure. Was it related to the coaches view that despite the drop in form 'the player' was still better in the coaches eyes than any possible replacement?.
This season we have in my view the strongest overall squad for a good while so now hopefully we have quality backup so if anybody is either slightly crocked or suffers a drop in confidence / form we can address it without necessarily weakening the team too much.
Within reason, it up to a player to 'lose' his shirt