Quote Originally Posted by Rocket Science View Post

Extrapolate away ...
I would think it has something to do with both training and match-day KPI's/measures based around pressure/skill ex/whatever it is the group is valuing....the guys who were left out have been missing them, the guys that have been selected have been hitting them...

Things like that are visible to the playing group and it enables them to feel 'positive' about the correlation between performance and selection.