Blimey, that's not good to read about players not accepting being dropped and not fighting for their place. Nobody likes being dropped, however, it is then up to the manager to have a chat and explain the shortcomings, I wonder whether or not that has happened ---we never know.
We had two players away on holiday at Ashington today and those of us who are old school agreed that it would never happen in our time because we would have been dropped and have to try to fight our way back into teams, in fact, if you missed training without good reason you could expect to be droppped!
Ah well, concentrate on improving your league position and maybe getting one or two players in to aid the cause.

We should have been playing Heaton Stannington on Wednesday, however, they have agreed to call it off, with the blessing of the Northern League, in order to help Ashington's preparation for their biggest game in 60 years!
Good luck on Tuesdayat Bootle.