Abdoullah Ba was surprisingly excluded from Saturday's squad against Bristol City, but Mike Dodds says it's nothing personal and he's now expecting a reaction from the young Frenchman.
DEPTH CREATES COMPETITION
“My personal opinion, Abdoullah isn't going to like the decision but I think it's a huge positive in terms of, we have competition for places, what competition in that area does is it creates more desire. Competition is healthy and good."
NOTHING PERSONAL
"The decision was the decision. I really like Abdoullah. Prior to that game, I think I'd taken 10 games and started him in seven. It wasn't a personal thing, he wasn't in the game previously, he was on the bench."
PLANNED ON SUBBING OTHERS ON
"I wanted to make sure Aji was in the squad and trying to get him on the pitch was always in my head prior to the game. I just felt one of the attacking players had to miss out. Pat was back as well, I knew I was going to keep Riggy on for as long as possible. I didn't see an opportunity when I was going to get him on. That was nothing personal, he has a strong chance of being in the squad on Tuesday. When you pick the team, you try and predict your subs and before the game I didn't see him being one of those subs.”
