Whichever genius has written that needs to at least put their entry under the right heading.

What I don't get is why the need to put the 'they were dropped' spin into the mix?

If Jeffries and Semi were injured, then just say so and move on. Kopczak is a slightly different case as he is a young player establishing himself at first team level and was probably due a rest anyway - there's certainly no shame in that, given his improvement this year.

Trying to spin it to make out that they've all been training like demons this week - which would appear to certainly not be the case with Jeffries, as he is likely to be still injured for this weekend - is baffling

Is it to somehow bolster this idea of a united squad, who are all totally 100% behind the coaching team?

nathan mcavoy handed him his compromising pictures of the coaching staff when left

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That's unfair on Kopczak imo, who is one of the ones always putting the effort in.



How can he criticize Jeffries when Deacon hasn't put in good performance all season? I know it says he has a niggle, but Deacon should be the one who's dropped.'"

TBH this seems to be all spin from McNamara. He seems to be making statements he thinks the fans want to here. Even tough it appears the three players were all injured.

What exactly are these 'dividends' it will pay?

The season is effectively over, what does it matter if the dropped players have blinders for the rest of the year?

Reading it I'm not sure Kopczak is being criticised for effort, nor should he be, but his tackling technique needs some work and for all we know he's not been playing to the game plan (what ever it might be).

What a masterstroke from McNamara. The innovation being shown here byhim goes against everything I ever thought of him.

After all, who ever thought about dropping underperforming players before? What a genius!