As we start to prepare / think about the start of the next season, I thought I would update you all on how I believe that we should rotate the team so that we give equal opportunity to all.

This is an open discussion and I would like your feedback positive or negative before the start of the season. I am more than happy to settle on any process that has the majority consensus from all.

The intention for this season was to sign up to a maximum of ten players, which we have done. However, we have also taken on one player which I would like to see develop over the course of the year. This player will not form part of the rota and will be invited to games as part of his development.

With 10 players as you can appreciate it is difficult to give everybody sufficient pitch time to allow the players to develop and concentrate on their positional role. Therefore I am proposing that we rest one player each week on a rota (alphabetically - Last Name) starting from the first game of the season. (This will be excluded for friendlies and or tournaments). Therefore 1 player will be rested for 1 game in every ten weeks. 

I am more than happy for parents to swap dates with each other and would actively encourage this so that each player gets to play equal amount of football without needing to miss games, however you must let me know by close of play on the last training session before the weekend game of any changes.

I am aware that the system of player rotation that we employed towards the end of the year, which was based up on a rolling basis was not ideal, as this caused issues with changing dates due to cancelled games etc.

Therefore I am now suggesting now that that the dates are fixed for the identified rested player and should events relating to the game change i.e

1) The match is called off

2) If a rested player is asked to play on his week off due to player availability

3) A rested player covers for illness

4) A rested player covers any other emergency etc,

Then the rested player will have been deemed to have missed his week off,  and the player will therefore continuing playing through the season again until their turn comes around again.

For cup games this season we wil be picking our strongest nine based upon form, attendance at training and availability.

Please can you let me know how you feel about this, as I know that team selection can at times lead to frustration amongst parents. I believe that if we can set the rules about team selection early on, this will make planning easier for all of us during next season and our focus can be on ensuring that the boys enjoy their football. The proposed rota would be as follows:

Haughton   05/09

Jackman   12/09

Melia         19/09

Naylor        26/09

Rogers

Taylor Jack

Taylor James

Thompson

Threllfall

Wrennal

This is a proposal and your views are very important so please let me know your thoughts.