Quote: Wanderer "On the bench yesterday.'"
Yes ... but how intriguing?
An unused sub nowadays is almost as rare as rocking horse poop.
What can we surmise from this?
Well at 32-16 down and things looking a bit dicey, there is no way you would let a fit sub sit on his butt when folk are flagging and getting beat.
So the only conclusion is that he either didn't feel too well on the day or he's nowhere near match fit, in which case why take him, unless we only had 16 fit players.
Which brings me back to what is the problem?
There must be one.
He played OK versus Wakey and has had 3 weeks since to improve his fitness.
I don't want him rushing back and injuring himself ... but why put him in against Wakey, if that was a possibility?
Perhaps it was considered less important than league matches, and we wouldn't want to risk him in important league games, but it was OK in a cup game that was lost before the start (in theory).
Which brings us back to yesterday, why was he on the bench and didn't play?
Which also incidentally, makes Donny's win even more remarkable.
COYD
He'll play against Oldham ...