Coleman Won't Be Told Who He Can Pick

Last updated : 12 November 2015 By CNS Staff/AO

Former Coventry City manager Chris Coleman has said that he won't be told which players he can and cannot pick for Wales.

Speaking ahead of Wales' game tonight with The Netherlands, Coleman said: "We shouldn't be looked at as a vehicle for players to get rest.

"We'll have over 25,000 people there on Friday night and they'll come to see us perform, not have a rest. We're here to do a job.

"I'll rest a player if he's had a knock, in danger of something happening if he's so fatigued or coming back from an injury,

"Or I'll make a change if I want to give someone else a chance on the pitch.

"But I don't think anyone should be saying who I can pick and why.

"As long we send players back in a fit and healthy state, which 99 times out of 100 we do, it's not for anybody to suggest who international managers should play or how they play.

"I don't think if it was reversed club managers would like if if we said rest him because we're playing afterwards.

"I've got a team in my head, and the changes I want to make, and it's got nothing to do with outside influences."

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