Neil re African Nations Cup

[Clint 221]

Using Neil''s logic, any players involved in this are unavailable from before Xmas until the end of Feb, blimey, that must be one hell of a tournament!

[Van wink 2,994]

It''s called forward planning, or hunt the plan.

[AJ 1,359]

Or an excuse not to play Mulumbu

[Guest]

Or just sounding embarrassingly stupid.

We''ve all been there.

[SwindonCanary 457]

With our sending off in the last match, I think he will be reinstated !

[KeiranShikari_2 0]

I assume Mulumbu has got some fitness back, the callup, and doesn''t want to risk picking up an injury.

[Webbo118 0]

I think AN rested him against Reading so that he wasn''t tired for the Africa Nations Cup. It gets more bizarre by the day.

[Alfie54 83]

Surely his first obligation is to his club, if he gets injured that''s unfortunate, to not play him to protect him is total madness

[Webbo118 0]

You''d certainly think so, wouldn''t you? You could also be forgiven for thinking that it''s lunacy leaving your best defender warming the bench for the last two months whilst a collection of Keystone Cops wreak havoc. Or hauling your most dangerous and best performing player off when you most need him. More than total bloody madness!!!!

[norfolkngood 1,174]

you play the player until they are unavailable not try something just in case he goes that''s what the training ground is for !!

[hogesar 10,765]

To be fair, in "stupid-things-to-say-when-youre-under-pressure" Top Trumps, that comment can only be beaten by the "Well Oliveira didnt have a good first half" as a reason for taking off a striker that was doing well in the second half.

[Van wink 2,994]

Yep, it''s very sad and not something to be relishing, far from it, but AN is not up to it at the moment evidenced by the drivel he is spouting.

The guy is under immense pressure and I am genuinely concerned about his health.