Quote Originally Posted by baggieal View Post
Fit enough to be on the bench then fit enough to start and a player can easily come off!!!
Tend to agree as it would normally be best to start Mikey, see if he can have an impact and then sub him later to give him a rest. However, the thinking today may be that with big games coming up (and Blues is in only a few days time) he really will be needed for these so don't want to risk him today unless we really have to. If the game goes ok and we can avoid using him this would be better than starting him and risk further aggravation to his injury that may see him miss more games coming up. I know today's match at home is massive but just my interpretation of perhaps why Mikey isn't starting.