Confused by this.....

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Darel Russel found himself on the subs' bench at the weekend as City boss Peter Grant kept faith with youngsters Michael Spillane and Rossi Jarvis.

The teenagers had performed well in the Carling Cup defeat at Manchester City last Tuesday, and with defenders Adam Drury and Gary Doherty and striker Darren Huckerby all passing fitness tests, it was Russell who was dropped, for the first time this season.

“I just think the way we wanted to keep the ball we would just be able to do that better,” said Grant, who admitted that Russell's fitness came into his thinking.

“You will have seen it a few times yourself, he has been caught with the ball under his feet, not been able to move it quickly enough and sometimes that comes down to not having enough games.
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So Russell hasn't had enough games, and we've now played 8, so how the HELL are Rossi Jarvis and Spillane in better shape for a match when they'd played only one first team game before this??

The reserve league is shocking poor so how does this make sense?

Posted By: CityForLife, Oct 1, 14:48:38