15 Dec 2016 23:20:29
I wonder if RK is keeping the likes of barkley on the bench for a reason may be he is one of the players that he wants to keep and is looking at the rest to see who to get rid of so stopping any unwanted criticism of the player until he can play him in a better team after we have got rid of all the dead wood and made new sighning . just a thought hope it came across the way I'm thinking.
16 Dec 2016 06:00:51
Skylark: interesting thought, but I doubt RK selects his team - and omits players - just to look t at certain players. Although it doesn't always seem the case, I'm pretty sure RK selects the team he thinks will get a result.
16 Dec 2016 10:53:59
Hi Skylark I think that is probably what he is doing as well mate, he must have a good idea about who is in and who is out in the New Year, when hopefully we will get new recruits, cheers GuernseyBlue.
16 Dec 2016 11:47:54
Of course there is a reason, it's not like he chooses the time on the roll of a dice! ☺️
Barkley hasn't been good enough consistently so benching him should give him more drive to earn a place in the starting 11
Well that's my thoughts.
17 Dec 2016 09:55:37
I take it Van Dijk is to replace Jagielka because we've got a dominant center half in Williams?