We are now told that Connolly was not in the squad on Saturday as his wife was giving birth, don't know why we could not be told this earlier.
But in another strange statement, maybe due to the questioning of his team selection, JB says the players on the periphery were not picked because they are not match fit. These players have had the same pre-season as the others and presumably have trained the same throughout August and September so should have the same fitness levels apart from not playing in matches. Therefor it seems they are not match fit because they have not been playing and if that is the reason for not selecting them they will never get match fit and have little chance of being selected, quite astounding.
The general consensus was that Harriman should have been in the starting 11. If it was thought that he could not play the full 90 minutes surely it would still have been better for him to start and play 60,70 or 80 minutes until he tired.
Maybe we couldn't be told because Mrs Connolly herself was unaware of exactly when she would be giving birth until relatively close to the event?
Brady. Yeah, sounds like he's full of horses*** to me. If you are going to make an excuse for a team selection try and make it a convincing one.
