In my honest opinion, yes.
Obviously things are different depending where you come from, but this is our situation...
From under 11s up to 17s you have squads of up to 18, 16 of whom may play in 11aside on a Sunday. Having 18 means squad rotation which isn't to everyone's taste. As they get older and less reliable/more injury prone, you tend to need those extra players.
However at under 12s, you don't. If the kids aren't turning up then the ones who are will be improving more and hopefully in time will become better. I am saying this with football being an overwhelmingly number one sport in England.
I'd say this to you, those two 'fantastic' players need to make a choice.
a)join the excellent plans you have in place and enjoy football by turning up to every event/occasion
or
b)make a decision to turn up when they like but be part of a very large squad and possibly have to sit out several games.
Remember, you might have 20-odd now, how many will you have in 4 months?
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