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I do not believe they would have made such a serious decision if they thought there was a chance he would miss the start of the season .Give them a bit of credit .These are a professional team of medics physios fitness coaches etc

Pooch I would take notice and accept your opinion on almost any aspect of the club, because you are close to it, committed and very perceptive, but not this time. I hope you won't be offended.

A keeper not only has to play the game with all its risks, but he gets twenty five minutes of what purports to be a warm-up, diving all over the place prior to a game. Subjecting a very important player to this out of sentimentality was idiotic. It is the DUTY of a professional like Mr Wylde and the club itself to save an over-brave player from himself. They should have been telling Tommy they think too much of him to risk him in a match we didn't need to win.

Chapman could have been a disaster, but John Coleman at Accrington clearly doesn't think so. How on earth do we ever blood players in the first team if we refuse the opportunities that injuries to established players present?

Had the club said, we did this and it turned out to be a mistake I'd be moaning, but giving them credit for at least recognising there's a lesson to be learnt. But they clearly think Tommy wanting to play is a clincher. Well I want to play but I'm 64! They let Tommy, themselves and us down by poor decision-making.