It is ruling yourself out of selection because you're not giving your best. I agree that it is honest. We put these players on a pedestal and then love to knock them off again.
We know Dunk refused to play but have not ever heard that Bridcutt refused to play. I've already quoted the only thing that we do know as fact, and that was from Nathan Jones.
I don't actually remember reading anywhere that Bridcutt refused to play. I do remember Nathan Jones saying to Oscar that his head wasn't in the right place, so he wasn't selected for the team.
I did read that Dunk refused to play at Southend as he didn't want to be cup tied, but that's ok as he...