County League - Animo et Fide
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Additional fixtures this season but more departures than arrivals. Do you see any issues with fatigue coming up?
@LABoog4 wrote:Additional fixtures this season but more departures than arrivals. Do you see any issues with fatigue coming up?
I know it's kind of a gamble. I had a number of these players around 30, who'd stayed with me for a long time, most since playing in League Two. But they'd just stalled around the 70 OVR, and they hardly played anymore. Just the occational cover in the most busy periods. I know they could probably get a few more games with European midweeks coming up, but felt their time was over. Except I would have kept Ethan Pye (County since 2021) as a backup, if I'd known that Niall Huggins was going to leave. That one came out of the blue and was an offer too good to refuse.
So I went from an overflow of left backs to suddenly feel a bit short in that area. I did consider bringing a new one in or just to recall James Dennis, who's away on a 2 year loan. But I was also intrigued by this opportunity to provide more game time for another academy player, Lewis Osborne, who's been out on loan until now. My squad is rather thin now, but many of the players are quite versatile and able to cover several positions. And that is actually quite fun, moving players around so much. One starting a game at left back, but finishing it on the right wing, for instance.