Catching up on a couple of pages here makes me think of a dilemma that comes up every now and again.
I'm not taking sides, and there's no implicit criticism of either stance - but one the one hand we bemoan the lack of squad depth, and then we're discussing players leaving because they're not up to first 11 or are under-used.
We'll never have a squad to match City, and unless something is done to make them toe the line they'll continue to dominate. Any club will have to have a barnstorming season with relatively few injuries to make a good fist of challenging them.
Of course if players want to leave to pursue their own career path then it's their decision, but we can't improve the squad significantly whilst simultaneously losing players who can't nail a regular first team place. We'll only be replacing them with others in the same position.
That won't attract a higher standard of player, unless we have a conveyor-belt of new players who think they can establish themselves in the first team, most of whom leave frustrated after a couple of seasons after failing to do so.
The best we can hope for is 15 or so first-choice, and a group pushing them.
You can only field 11 at a time, so some have to accept that their opportunities will come through rotation or injuries.
