Quote Originally Posted by Dave Blue View Post
He will have learned a lot. He’ll have learnt he has brought in a load of duds.
Maybe so.
Maybe he also learned that one or two go missing when the going gets tough.
Maybe he learns that one or two players he gave starts to froze and maybe he learned that friendlies are far different to competitive games.
Maybe he felt encouraged by one or two still giving it 100% even when others let their heads drop.
Maybe he has learned that Nelson's poor form hasn't gone away and will "rest him" against Brum.

I would prefer to have learnt all these things in a league cup game.