by john68 » Thu Aug 20, 2009 2:37 am
For those of you who believe that squad rotation is some new fangled modern idea, dreamt up by the likes of Taggart, the Tinkerman and the Spanish Waiter....dream on.
Though we quote the famous 11 that won us the league in '68. Mercer and Allison actually used 21 players in that league campaign.
In 1937, when we were first crowned champions, we used no less that 25 players in that campaign.
Injuries, tactics, loss of form and other reasons, cause a natural turn round of players in any season. That is why strength in depth is needed to be successful. Players well understand the situation and know the score, that at some point they will not be in the team for a variety of reasons. Players on the periphery also know that if they are good enough, they will get their chance to wear the shirt.