[SaltergateBorn]

I hear that Cookie has announced in no uncertain terms that he has no intention of having a substitute `keeper on the bench, on the basis that he expects to be able to trust his players once they`re on the pitch. That`s fair enough as far as it goes; a manager has every right to expect to be able to trust them not to get red-carded for doing something stupid. However, he`s also having to trust them not to get injured and be left hobbling around on one leg for the remainder of the game or carried off on a stretcher. Not so easy, that one.