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Offline MoetVillan

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #15 on: September 25, 2017, 11:44:08 AM »
It's an absolute no brainer. Unless you think that the entire football world has made a mistake and there really is no need to rotate. Which seems unlikely

As per above, MoN literally proved the point EVERY FUCKING SPRING

A different take on this would be, which would you take, lower rotation and being top 3-4 by Spring, knowing our best 11 have worked hard and are tired

Higher rotation and being mid table.  Potential large gap to top 2 to make up with fresher players.

I guess I would always take the points.

Offline aj2k77

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #16 on: September 25, 2017, 12:44:37 PM »
The old MON dilema, flog the same faces week in and week out, then fall apart in March.

Offline KRS

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #17 on: September 25, 2017, 01:27:13 PM »
I agree with squad rotation in a long season, but there is a time and a place to rotate and having a couple of games before an international break may not be one of them. Unless there are players carrying injuries then play the strongest team available. There will be other times during this season where we don't have the luxury of an international break, and it will be at those times where decisions of resting players will need to be made.

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #18 on: September 25, 2017, 01:33:39 PM »
Playing reserves in an important cup game is NOT rotation.

Offline olaftab

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #19 on: September 25, 2017, 01:36:34 PM »
Play the best XI that are fit and available in the manner which stands the greatest chance of defeating the opposition.
Yes. Natural "rotation" will come through injuries and suspensions.

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #20 on: September 25, 2017, 01:50:37 PM »
Playing reserves in an important cup game is NOT rotation.

No, rightly or wrongly it was resting them.

Offline saunders_heroes

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #21 on: September 25, 2017, 04:13:44 PM »
Playing reserves in an important cup game is NOT rotation.

If we were mid table in the PL then I’d agree with you, but not while our sole priority should be getting out of this league. The League Cup is just not important to us right now.

Online Drummond

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #22 on: September 25, 2017, 04:46:13 PM »
Playing reserves in an important cup game is NOT rotation.

If we were mid table in the PL then I’d agree with you, but not while our sole priority should be getting out of this league. The League Cup is just not important to us right now.

Well it should be.

Offline dcdavecollett

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #23 on: September 25, 2017, 04:58:48 PM »
Ah, the old O'Neill Shattered by March hypothesis.

Shame that in three of MON's four seasons, we ended strongly, despite being so knackered.

Still, people will believe what they want to believe.

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #24 on: September 25, 2017, 07:57:40 PM »
Ah, the old O'Neill Shattered by March hypothesis.

Shame that in three of MON's four seasons, we ended strongly, despite being so knackered.

Still, people will believe what they want to believe.

That's really not what I remember. The season we chase fourth we fell apart. And I distinctly remember us at Wembley against Chelsea where Milner and petrov looked like they'd run a 5,000 m before the game had started

Offline four fornicholl

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #25 on: September 25, 2017, 08:04:41 PM »
Rotation my arse, It's 90 minutes and we don't exactly play 100 mph football, strongest XI every time for me.

Offline Villa75

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #26 on: September 25, 2017, 08:13:27 PM »
For those that are happy for us to chuck the cups away, there will always be a good reason to do so.

Which ever division we are in we are always going to be either "in with a chance of promotion/relegation/Europe/playoffs". So that's the cups gone forever.

What a sad state of affairs.


Offline BegbieAV

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #27 on: September 25, 2017, 08:21:25 PM »
FFS we won the league with 14 players. Who needs rotation?

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #28 on: September 25, 2017, 08:54:46 PM »
How can it be rotation when he didnt pick any of the players who play in the league game? He was resting them.

Offline dave.woodhall

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Re: Rotation
« Reply #29 on: September 25, 2017, 08:58:26 PM »
FFS we won the league with 14 players. Who needs rotation?

There are some people who'd say that and be serious.

 


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