Looking down my flashscores app I notice a lot of the German and Dutch teams (also on winter break) are playing two games against two opposition on the same day. I know this is pretty common for these clubs during summer and winter breaks but i've never seen UK clubs practising this.
With the current size of our squad and also the lack of minutes in a lot of provincial players legs, should we have not had another friendly against a lesser opposition (maybe a UAE league club) and fielded a different team? I can see probably two XI's getting 45mins each tomorrow but is that really going to benefit the players really who need minutes in there legs?
I realise the benches wouldn't be stacked but maybe another 1 or 2 youth players being out there would've allowed this...
For example:
Starting XI vs Lokomotiv Tashkent: McGregor, Tav, Katic, Goldson, Borna, Jack, Davis, Kamara, Aribo, Kent, Defoe
Bench: Firth, Patterson, Barjonas, Mebude
Starting XI vs UAE team: Foderingham, Flannigan, Mayo, Edmundson, Halliday, Doc, Arfield, Stewart, Murphy, Jones, Morelos
Bench: Wright, Kennedy, Barker, Ojo
With the current size of our squad and also the lack of minutes in a lot of provincial players legs, should we have not had another friendly against a lesser opposition (maybe a UAE league club) and fielded a different team? I can see probably two XI's getting 45mins each tomorrow but is that really going to benefit the players really who need minutes in there legs?
I realise the benches wouldn't be stacked but maybe another 1 or 2 youth players being out there would've allowed this...
For example:
Starting XI vs Lokomotiv Tashkent: McGregor, Tav, Katic, Goldson, Borna, Jack, Davis, Kamara, Aribo, Kent, Defoe
Bench: Firth, Patterson, Barjonas, Mebude
Starting XI vs UAE team: Foderingham, Flannigan, Mayo, Edmundson, Halliday, Doc, Arfield, Stewart, Murphy, Jones, Morelos
Bench: Wright, Kennedy, Barker, Ojo