Play CM! See what Wenger does.

--- PeteBannerman@... wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> I coach football (as we call it here in England)to a
> group of 14 & 15
> year old boys, and at present we have a squad of 17
> players. The
> rules of our league state that in an eleven a side
> match we can only
> play 3 substitutes meaning that if all my players
> were available two
> would be unable to play any part in the game. Often,
> for varous
> reasons, we have had players unable to attend
> matches so this has not
> caused problems. However recently I had 16 players
> turn up so had to
> tell one of them he would not be taking part. The
> player himself
> seemed to take it well and I promised him he would
> be able to take
> part in next weeks match. However I did notice that
> both he and his
> parents did leave the game early, and that evening I
> recieved a very
> irrate phone call from his father who told me that
> they had travelled
> some distance to be at the game, and they felt that
> I should have
> contacted them beforehand to let them know that
> their son was'nt
> playing, I realise in an ideal world that it would
> have been my best
> course of action, but more often than not I do not
> know exactly how
> many will turn up to a game, and can never bank on
> getting a full
> turn out. This episode has made me quite upset
> because previously to
> this I have always had excellent relations with my
> players parents,
> and I am now wondering whether I should think about
> trimming my squad
> down, although I would hate to have to do this as
> all the Boys have
> been loyal to me over a long period. Maqybe some of
> the members have
> had similar problems, and if so I would be very
> grateful for some
> advice.
>
>
>
>


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