I'm hearing that Joey has secured a move to a Turkish first division club...? Anybody got confirmation of that?
If that's the case, does it make Hay's decision to give him only 30 minutes of game time (out of 390) one of the bigger mistakes of the Olympic adventure?
If that's the case, does it make Hay's decision to give him only 30 minutes of game time (out of 390) one of the bigger mistakes of the Olympic adventure?
Not at all. None of Just, Waine, McCowatt or Garbett played mainifestly badly.
Team went into the Olympics with very little prep, and Champness was totally new to the group. Not surprising that Hay relied a lot on Just, McCowatt & Waine up front - them having played together going back to the U20s.
If anything Hay wasn't afraid to give most of his squad minutes as the tourney went on, though he has said in retrospect he should have made more changes from South Korean to Honduran game. Starting 11 against Koreans being fatigued, from the sapping conditions of that game.
Edit - Champness got 86 mins across the 4 games anyway.
https://us.soccerway.com/players/joseph-champness/465219/