billytoffee
Player Valuation: £20m
Except its not simple when it comes to the manager making the decision on the day. Its not as simple as picking the form players.
What about facing different opposition and using different tactics?
Facing an open and attacking Arsenal team or a Pulis busparking West Brom?
For example against West Brom he may have seen Baines and Pienaar showing their old form in training and decide that we need that cleverness to unlock a packed defence. Or that due to the lack of numbers West Brom will have in attack it is better to have the ball playing Stones instead of Funi Mori.
Its a squad game since many many years ago.
Fair enough mate accept the rotation, rest and tactics piece - but the basic principle still applies. If you give it everything for the full 90 and play consistently to the best of your ability then it makes the Mangers decisions that bit easier and you find that your ability and performance picks you (the majority of the time) not your name, your price tag, pundits or media.