We have a number of players who are capable of playing in the goal keeper position but no-one who wants to dedicate themselves as a full time goalie. At the moment, we have five to six players who can be rotated through the position for around a half every two to three weeks.
Players who play in goals will generally be the only players to get a full game that week. If we have three reserves, all other players can expect a quarter of the game on the bench. This is as fair as can be. Whilst people may believe that we should have our strongest team on the field each week, all families pay the same amount and their boys are each as keen in coming to games and training so a fair game time approach will continue.
Players will only get less time because of behaviour or otherwise letting down the team. Players may expect less game time or being dropped for game(s) due to any breaches of the player code of conduct. All players that do the right thing in coming to training and trying hard for the team will receive fair game time regardless of their ability. Players won’t improve without game time. As the players are in the 12s, they can still expect to be tried in different positions as developing players for the next year or two.
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