Player Passing

Eddyinmyyeti wrote:It seems to me that all of the major clubs use “guest players” in some form or fashion. Either it’s the big club way up north who utilized pool play to form their game day team against a top team or one of the others who pull a player or two to guest in a big game. They all do it. It’s within the rules. Get over it. I don’t like it that much either but it’s a fact of top level soccer here. From what I can see if a team uses guests, it’s 1-2 guest players and that’s it. It’s not like it’s a completely different set of players week in and week out.

Eddyinmyyeti wrote:Soccerfan09, have you experienced a top level team that brought more than 1-2 guest to a game? From the games that my DD has played in where her team used guests or played against a team with a guest, it’s usually just 1 or 2 players.  Outside of one outlier, the team my DD is playing against is for the most part that team.

Eddyinmyyeti wrote:Most of the top teams in NTX don’t bring guest players because they already have the best players in the club. So why bring a guest? The others may bring a guest or two if needed but it’s not a wholesale switch out of the team as you suggest. If my DDs team uses a guest, it’s 99% of the time no more than 2.  Again, those that have a pool of talent to pull from will, those that don’t, won’t.

Eddyinmyyeti wrote:Wow, i love how intense you are getting about this.   You read my post incorrectly. What I was saying is that the top teams who do not routinely use guest players do not do so because their clubs have already pulled together the best players into an “A team”. Therefore, there would be no reason to add players from lower level teams to fill spots. I am not trying to say that bringing guest players does not affect game results. Sometimes it does. Sometimes it doesn’t. Glad for a spirited debate on a Sunday night. Good night and see y’all next weekend.