Quote DaveO="DaveO"If Ainscough is our main attacking threat and we need him to play against the bigger teams then that is even less of a reason to rest him against Celtic. He is not the finished article and you can not improve your game carrying water.
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No one is saying he's the finished article and of course he needs to work on certain aspects of his game but still he was due a rest imo. Again Celtic being as poor as they are means we wouldn't miss our best attacking weapon.
Quote DaveOAdd to this the player who actually needed a rest was clearly Richards we ended up risking our first choice goal kicker when we had a fully fit player available. '"
Disagree with this one sorry. IMO Richards is struggling for form this season and needs a constant run of games in one position which is something he hasn't had. I really think it’s been a stop & start season with injury and playing wing/FB.
Quote DaveOIf he isn't going to play the full season you rest Ainscough against the tough teams and you play him in the less difficult fixtures. This has [ualways[/u been the sensible approach to blooding young players, not the other way around. '"
Ainscough is the exception to the rule as he’s our best winger already imo. Other young players even ones like Roby are very rarely their teams best attacking threat a few games after making their debut. They are brought in against the likes of Celtic so more senior players are rested and they gain experience. This isn’t the case with Ainscough
Quote DaveOIf on the other hand he is such a key player he must play v Leeds etc he won't benefit from not playing in the easy games. '"
He’ll benefit in the big games as he won’t be burned out. RL is a squad game and Celtic was a good chance to give others a go.
