If this wasn't the case, players like Harper would have started on both Saturday's rather than just on Tuesday.
injured/coming back from injury/thought of as very likely to be gone in two weeks?
& how does ingi being made club captain fit with your"observations"
As AP says above, Coppell ultimately didn't trust the products of our academy and this is why all this young talent appears to be coming out of the woodwork at the moment.
he trusted the ones he thought good enough to get a good half a season of 1st team, high level football, and trusted the rest to get that experience at lower levels in order that they could be trusted at a later date.
while trying to get back up at the 1st attempt-he was probably right-judging by current performance levels that they probably werent all to be trusted just yet, especially a year earlier in their developement
coming out of the woodwork? you may not have been aware of them, but i certainly was.theyve been highly talked about and thought of for a while.