Thanks for that Gentlemen. That answer JPA does give Smith a bit of room for manouver with regards selection or not. In light of that answer I think Smith would be raving mad not to protect such a vital player to our cause from booking given the absolutly lousy standard of officiating in this division where a yellow card can be picked up for nothing, with no right of appeal.Yes, if McGinn picks up two more bookings in the remaining games, he will incur a 3 match suspension and therefore miss the entire playoff campaign, were we to play all three matches.
But if he avoids picking up these two bookings, they do not carry over into the payoffs.