The Margetts situation drives me mad. A natural goalscorer IMO. Far from perfect but against the Robins we had 3 wingers on the bench (Mekki, Kirby, Mackreth) along with a defender in Sutton. No striker. Not sure if Cole was fit but why we let Margetts go is beyond me - I'm a big fan of his and think he'll have a decent career scoring goals.
He scored 2 in 6 at Alty, with his last appearance being off the bench. So that's 1 in 3 games - dare I say on a par with Norwood's ratio for us this season? Obviously difficult to compare but food for thought.
Boz - Kirby didn't do much at all when he came on. I don't think he has any confidence at all. He did well at Stockport, got the winner at Barrow, and hasn't been given a chance since, plus GB brought in Mackreth.
I think the real issue here is GB clearly has his favourites - with some being the older local boys who are probably his mates e.g. GTF & Higdon, whereas players like Margetts & Kirby who are young, energetic etc, and go out on loan and do well, come back and don't get a look in. I'm not Kirbys biggest fan (or Stockton's for that matter), but could they do any worse than GTF or Higdon recently, who seem to play whenever they declare themselves fit?
Turning to favourites - GB clearly had an issue with Mangan who I understand does have a temper - but is a great player at this level. And because he fell out with GB, he was shipped out at the expense of the team.