taff wrote:But if this upsetd anyone dont worry as the Premiership has been won in the last five years by teams that rotated so its not the stupid thing that some people think it is.
Or with 60 odd games and after a major international tournament in the fastest most physical league in the world we can pick the same players and then have wonderful lengthy debates on why Rafa did not rest key players with the premiership and champions league and then we can pray he sees the light
Just for the record Taff, I'm not sure anyone, ever, has said we should play the same team in every single game mate. Not only have all the teams which have won the Premiership in the last five years changed the team, all our championship wiunning teams were changed from time to time as well. Nobody has ever, ever, ever, said we should play the same team in every single game.
As for the "other teams do it as well" argument, well yes they do. What they tend to do though if you really look at it, is play a settledish team from the start of the season then start to rest players as they actually get tired. Arsenal barely rotated at all last season largely due to lack of squad depth, and Chelsea did it far less than us too, despite having turmoil within the club and the African Nations. The Mancs played with a settled team to half way, then styled it up and almost won themselves feck all in the process.
Please though mate no more of this implying that some of us are saying we should play the same team in every single game. We're not, and never have.