Rotation Policy

Rotation Policy

As the Phoenix have kept their squad to a minimum and given that they have no youth team in which the fringe players can get some game time -  what do you all think of the idea that the team management deliberately rotate through their squad giving everyone a place in the game day 15 at least once a month?  In practical terms I guess it means one out of the three outfield players on the bench for any given game may be different to the choice the management would make under a "natural selection".  Given that they are all professionals and the guys not getting game time tend to be the hungriest in the team, when given a chance, I would suggest it might be a good thing to aim for in the unique situation (relative to the rest of the A-league) that the Nix are in.

sorry that the last sentence is so long.

Are you Graham Henry by any chance? S.O.N2009-08-15 16:24:33

I thought of using a different Title 'cause that one's got baggage but what the heck

IBTL ?

Could work. However i would prefer to see RH put out his strongest team every week (ie those who are training the best) than playing someone because he needs a run.

I don't mind seeing someone knew on the bench to make way for someone who hasn't made musch impact. They need their shot and I wouldn't mind one bench swap for someone if they were ineffective

NO

O.K.  no one's going to like this idea & you're going to think "sounds like the kind of *** an under 11 club coach would come up with -  which makes sense because that 's what I am.

So to make it sound less bad 
1. As the manager this would be an intention but very likely not a publically stated policy.
2. You've  got 3 outfield* positions on the bench & the 3rd one is hardly getting used tactically anyway, it's more positional injury cover.
3. Selection is always a marginal thing so if you've got a choice between a couple of guys for the last spot on the bench and you give it to the guy who's gone 5 weeks without getting in the playing squad then maybe that's a good thing to do for the player & the squad as a whole (especially when there's nothing else going on for them- no reserve team).

* wrong word I think but you know what I mean.

what's you record with the u11's?

yeah- I'm not  suggesting changing the starting 11, just modifying the priorities for selecting the last bench spot really.

When the All Blacks did it, it gave them a shiat load of depth (which they are lacking now)

But for the Phoenix... no.

No.....  but at least you are'nt suggesting they all have a turn at being keeper or was that going to be your next suggestion.   

Usually bottom half of the table with a giant killer performance somewhere in the season.

No, no, we don't even do that in our under 11s. You end up with someone in tears.

I thought I'd seen it all when I saw someone in another thread comparing Ferrante to Xavi.

YF never ceases to amaze.

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Yeah,  yeah,  you guys are right. I told my wife I was going to make a fool of myself, she said "honey, at least you're used to it".
So it is a lean old time if you are a Nix fringe player, I just hope the club has some way of keeping the boys out of the pub before lunch on game days.

You're not a fool, you're a humanitarian.