Ten and a half

It seems that we have a full compliment this week, Si included which gives us 11 players. Tom, who is coming towards his final game, might be late as he has an appointment that should finish just before 6pm. Tom still really wants to play and seeing as he hasn't got many games left, I think we should let him.

So my plan is as follows. Tom can be in the same team as Si (who will be playing in goals again). Tom may be up to 20 minutes late but seeing as we have Si, that team will still have 5 men. When Tom arrives, that team will then have 6 players but we can just play with a rolling sub which will allow the players in that team to get the wee rest that they would normally get from going in goals.

As long as everyone takes their turn in going as sub, folk will only be off the park for less than 5 minutes at a time. Plus, the guys in Si's team won't be dead on their feet by the end of the game.

Soon Tom will be gone forever and this situation won't arrise as we'll be back to just 10 regulars. If anyone really hates this idea then let me know or if anyone doesn't want to be in the 6 man Si/Tom team, then also let me know.

Daktar Fox will be picking the teams this week using is cunning "squad" method.