inferior quality teams are best served putting their trump card at reserve and then using their tacticals amongst the ‘best of the rest’ to stay in touch, holding the reserve back for the final heats. bit of a stupid format to be honest.
phil morris should be all over this. brings any semblance of respectability the league has into question. if both clubs agree to it then the fixture should be deemed as fulfilled but the points shouldn’t count.
…too little too late is the phrase that springs to mind
if we had any ambition this season then we needed to fork out for a quality replacement months ago