Sarah Star Thanks Moo. I can see that you need players who work together at the back, but does that mean even if we're 4 goals ahead or more with 10 minutes to spare we wouldn't send him on?
Ian Royal Look back through the match reports Sarah, and see how often you find a centreback brought on to play at centreback when the substitution wasn't enforced by injury.
It's rare. Not as rare as subbing your keeper, but still very rare.
Of course I can't provide you with stats to prove it, because I'm not that much of a loser and don't need numbers to prove what my experience of watching football for almost 15 years tells me when it's blatantly obvious.
(I hope you realise that's not a dig at you.)
Sarah StarIan Royal Look back through the match reports Sarah, and see how often you find a centreback brought on to play at centreback when the substitution wasn't enforced by injury.
It's rare. Not as rare as subbing your keeper, but still very rare.
Of course I can't provide you with stats to prove it, because I'm not that much of a loser and don't need numbers to prove what my experience of watching football for almost 15 years tells me when it's blatantly obvious.
(I hope you realise that's not a dig at you.)
I did have a look at a few matches and found one occasion when it happened without any obvious mention of injury (Ingimarsson on for Duberry on the 70th minute), but it admittedly it doesn't seem to happen regularly and I can't remember all the games in enough detail to be sure why it happened here.
mooSarah StarIan Royal Look back through the match reports Sarah, and see how often you find a centreback brought on to play at centreback when the substitution wasn't enforced by injury.
It's rare. Not as rare as subbing your keeper, but still very rare.
Of course I can't provide you with stats to prove it, because I'm not that much of a loser and don't need numbers to prove what my experience of watching football for almost 15 years tells me when it's blatantly obvious.
(I hope you realise that's not a dig at you.)
I did have a look at a few matches and found one occasion when it happened without any obvious mention of injury (Ingimarsson on for Duberry on the 70th minute), but it admittedly it doesn't seem to happen regularly and I can't remember all the games in enough detail to be sure why it happened here.
What game?
Doobs did get a massive gash during one game last year.
Sarah Star Thanks Moo. I can see that you need players who work together at the back, but does that mean even if we're 4 goals ahead or more with 10 minutes to spare we wouldn't send him on?
Sun Tzu Any idea why this idiotic an dutterly un necessary 18 man match day squad has come in ?
I could just about see extending it to 2 + a keeper on the bench but anything beyond that is farcical.
rabidbee Which just reinforces my point.
TBMrabidbee Which just reinforces my point.
Yep, not sure why he thinks its "idiotic an dutterly un necessary"
rabidbee Presumably - as with most things - following pressure from the big teams. More substitutes on the bench enables them to respond more effectively to situations that arise in a match, and so reduce still further the risk for them of losing.
How long until the number of substitutions permitted rises to 5, to ensure they can protect more of their key players?
All of this really does tend to reduce the tactical nous of the game, of course.
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