The Bluebirds boss outlined his plans for managing the fitness of the squad with two games in a short space of time.
BBM:
“It’s something that is different for our club based on how many players we have being called up internationally in every age group.”
"We’ve pushed the players every day and at every corner this season, but we just have to be mindful of the fact that we can’t ask them to play on Saturday then play again on Tuesday based on how few players we have available.
"For that game in the Vertu Trophy on Tuesday, I’ll speak with Gavin Chesterfield and Darren Purse later today and come up with a squad that will represent us in that game.
"We had a big following of supporters for that game against Newport County and I think it’s important that we’re as clear and transparent as possible with our supporters to make it obvious what team we will have available for that game.
“The beauty of the squad that we have is that so many of the U21 and U18 players have been in our squads so they have had a lot of access to the games programme that we play in.
"The challenge for Tuesday is that the ones that have had the most exposure like Dakarai Mafico and Tanatswa Nyakuhwa for example, they aren’t available so you have to look at younger players. Robert Tankiewicz has unfortunately broken his collarbone so he won’t be available.
"It’s healthy for the young players to have exposure at First Team level, but in this competition, our team is going to be even younger because of who we have available."
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