Quote Originally Posted by Sunnysideup View Post
Yes Birdman
It’s a typical City conundrum
Not only was he released last Friday but they played Tavio today and made him Captain
I’m not sure how I’d feel about that??
It was definitely his last game today tho
I remember Dave Jones releasing a bunch of youngsters then on the Saturday only being able to name four players for the first team bench and many asked why not use of one of the kids, and he replied, quite reasonably, that would just be messing a lad around and if it was one of his kids he'd be ringing the manager to ask what was going on.

But maybe it's a bit different at U23 level and Tavio was expected to see out his contract much in the way of Vaulks and Flint etc. Be professional and do the job, and to be fair, he was and did. Or perhaps he asked to be involved for one last time. Good luck to the lad, he got a first team appearance for his troubles which is more than most.