It's not as if we haven't done it before (Powell made 10 changes one year I remember, home to Reading)...just that this time our parlous state of fit bodies means even more kids are getting a run out.
Yes given the circumstances with our small and injury depleted squad. However in some games i think you play your best or very close to your best side. Palace away a few years back we played a pretty dire side so we could be fresh for Cardiff and Blackburn i think. We lost all three... its Palace, big mistake for Luzon imo.
Yes this season, to protect our wafer-thin squad from injury or fixture congestion if we were to progress. If the sale does not go through soon, I fear we could be in a relegation battle at the end of the season, so concentrating our meagre resources on league matches is the sensible, if not very sporting, choice.
Edit: Furthermore, if EFL question it, I hope their email inbox overflows with questions from fans as to why they are so impotent to prevent clubs like Charlton being put in such a position by incompetent owners like Duchatelet.
paper thin sqaud but what sort of experience/example is that giving players a pat on the back for losing 3-0 if arsenal ( they are probably 5/6th best team in prem as we are in league 1 ) done it fans would be going ballistic, as far as i am aware jacko is assistant, or are they lining up for the exit of our current manager?
Last night wasnt the time or place to risk anyone fit. Not too bothered that we are out. Would rather see us have a go at the FA Cup than the League Cup personally. To me it means a lot more and by then hopefully some of our injuries will have healed and we'll actually be able to give it a proper go.
Yes, without a doubt. We are shit in the Cup anyway but we need all our players fit if we are to stand even a slim chance of getting out of this poxy Division.
A minimum of survival in league 1 is paramount as the goal for the season.
We simply do not have the strength in depth to risk further injuries to our glass players or needless suspensions and cards in a cup competition that is meaningless for a club of our ability (or lack thereof).
A pointless competition that’s lost the interest of just about everybody I know and until they change it so that every team that enters it has to start in round one it’s no longer worth the effort imo. If the organisers only want the likes of Man Utd, City, Chelsea, arsenal etc to be accommodated then why should everybody else bother with it
I don't think there was really much choice. A number of the players in the first team aren't fully fit, we've already picked up injuries in the first two games, and we need back-ups to get some match fitness in in case of injuries in the future. I think we'll be casting our eyes over the wrong end of the L1 table this season so anything we can do to reduce injuries and numbers of matches played is the right decision.
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Having said that, I would like it in the future under different circumstances for us to give it a go one year. Just not now.
If the sale does not go through soon, I fear we could be in a relegation battle at the end of the season, so concentrating our meagre resources on league matches is the sensible, if not very sporting, choice.
Edit: Furthermore, if EFL question it, I hope their email inbox overflows with questions from fans as to why they are so impotent to prevent clubs like Charlton being put in such a position by incompetent owners like Duchatelet.
Accrington is a far more important game and we could not afford any more injuries.
Let down by the football league
We simply do not have the strength in depth to risk further injuries to our glass players or needless suspensions and cards in a cup competition that is meaningless for a club of our ability (or lack thereof).
FA Cup is a different matter though
Should mean we won’t get in any trouble playing the youth for all the checkatrade games as well