Broadly speaking though, managers "fancy" all their players, at least publicly, if only because you never know if one of them may turn out to be crucial and you need to be in a position to take the credit. It could simply be that there are other players in the squad he fancies more, meaning that a Lucas Perez, for instance, doesn't get to play much.

The squad number-thing just sounds clumsy, rather than malicious.


Quote Originally Posted by eastgermanautos View Post
I don't understand this flat-out not fancying business. I thought Campbell was pretty good: quick, tricky, eye for the goal, good close control.