paddy wrote:BathSaddler wrote:I'm surprised we did not start with our best XI. A morale sapping heavy defeat is not the best preparation for Saturday.
Still, it does not really matter, but I make this our 4th defeat in a row [if you include the additional friendly with Florist].
Would you want players picking up injuries tonight & miss Saturday? You'd then be saying why did we play our first xi so close to the start of the season
Your opinion would hold some water if it was not for the fact that the entire team [bar Ben George] has been replaced at half time. All for experimental reasons I'm sure, along with giving most of the squad 'match time'. Its obvious the management did not want this match so close to the start of the season and are trying to get the most out of it practice wise, but even so, I would have chosen some semblance of a starting XI.
Nothing to get too upset about, but fear of injuries has nothing to do with it.