No McDonald?

I heard this question asked last night both before and after the game…

Is it me - or does this NOT answer the question - why was scott mcdonald on the bench?


The manager left striker Scott McDonald on the bench tonight, along with Shunsuke Nakamura, and revealed his reasons for his staring line-up.“It’s just a case that we have only two fit strikers at the club just now – Scott and Chris Killen,” he said. “Scott is in terrific form but he’s playing all the time and we’re asking a lot of him.“That’s why Chris played and he did alright. He should be happy with himself. We’ve had a few injuries and we don’t want to run them all into the ground. Our priority is to win the league.”


Why could Gordon not come out and say – we were going to defend for long periods and wanted the option of a high hopeful ball that Killen could win to take the pressure off our defence (and God they need it). But no, lets go for the smart arse answer…