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bench warmer

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Noun1.bench warmer - (sports) a substitute who seldom plays
athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
second-stringer, substitute, reserve - an athlete who plays only when a starter on the team is replaced


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Boss Archie Gemmill opted to use strikers Stephen Fletcher, Calum Elliot and Robert Snodgrass during the campaign and the then-teenage forward spent most of the competition as a frustrated bench warmer.
Energy bars provide a quick burst of energy that can mean the difference between making that home run and being a bench warmer.
Babel arrived from Ajax for pounds 12m two years ago but has barely featured and boss Rafa Benitez will cash in him and a string of other bench warmers to fund his pounds 25m bid for Valencia's David Silva.
 
 
 
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