That's the whole point. Why alienate one of your better options when you haven't even got cover. Why leave him out in the cold when he should be your first back up player. Now he's got a guy he might have to call on who he has basically told isn't good enough for him (despite being good enough for Rafa and Kenny). It's ****ing awful management.
I don't get what's going on with Skrtel. Seems, like you said, idiotic to push him out like that. But we don't know everything that is going on behind the scenes. I just hope he can pull off a performance on Sunday.
I agree with that. Whether BR rates him or not, he is an experienced international so don't freeze him out completely unless you are 100% certain he will be leaving (which is never the case until a deal is agreed).