31-01-2016, 22:53
I disagree Maddix! For starters the 1.5m wasn't on the table until today, sure it was possible but that is all. This is the first season in 15 years where we have a chance to get promoted to the Prem, a prize 100x bigger than the 1.5m from drawing MU in the next round!! Lets say we did play Bannan, Lee, Hutchinson, FF, Westwood etc etc and we had won but lost 2 of them in the process for 6-8 weeks like we did Lees against Stoke, that would have killed our chances of promotion!!! Maybe the simple fact is that CC knows if we are to challenge for the playoffs then our current crop of reserves are not good enough to get us there aside from some one or two game sessions to cover niggles or suspensions.
I think risking the heart of the first team, the only ones who could push us to promotion possibly this season, is a risk not worth taking. We were winning in the 86th minute, that team should have had the ability and nouse to see the game out!! If they had done their job we wouldn't be even having the conversation and everyone would be saying how great it was that we played the reserves and won!! We would also be debating what team he should put out against MU in the next round, particularly if we are still in the playoff places when it comes around.
I think risking the heart of the first team, the only ones who could push us to promotion possibly this season, is a risk not worth taking. We were winning in the 86th minute, that team should have had the ability and nouse to see the game out!! If they had done their job we wouldn't be even having the conversation and everyone would be saying how great it was that we played the reserves and won!! We would also be debating what team he should put out against MU in the next round, particularly if we are still in the playoff places when it comes around.