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Here's a point to ponder..
When a manager makes the right substitutions in the second half that win him the game, would that be a point in his favor indicating tactical shrewdness or a negative point indicating that he had failed to choose his best team in the first place?
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Both. But most on here will probably just say he got it wrong in the first place, which I don't think he did.
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You pick the team for your expected opponent.
If they change then you may need to change. If the game slows or gets quicker then you will need to change also.
You may need to bring on a target man to hold up the ball. Or a speedy winger/striker to make some space.
You can't just assume the sub would have been a better option. As he is just another option.
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A bit of luck is always a factor too,Luckily enough Phil was still on the pitch.
That job interview was going so well until I realized I was fukked up on acid in the middle of a cornfield naked and talking to a scarecrow.
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Definitely both. Mind you, a lot will say he should have started Can but I don't think he should have.
Your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man.
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Both, who's to say that if those players started it would be the same result or not.
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Yeah that is true!
Maybe the result 6-1 exactly 77 days earlier made him decide to try and park the bus for a while and be extra careful this time?
Maybe he felt we had more to lose than we had to win by going out all guns blazing?
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stoke's a hard nut to crack. i'm glad we got this one out of the way early on. we are going to have some real tough home games in the second half of the season. Stoke, United, Citeh, Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton.
We also have an interesting home game with the Hammers after Arsenal so this is probably the worst possible fixture list in recent time.
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stoke's a hard nut to crack. i'm glad we got this one out of the way early on. we are going to have some real tough home games in the second half of the season. Stoke, United, Citeh, Arsenal, Chelsea, Everton.
We also have an interesting home game with the Hammers after Arsenal so this is probably the worst possible fixture list in recent time. So we have a difficult fixture list now and some tough games in the second half of the season? I do think we have a tough fixture at the beginning of the season which makes the second half easier, not tougher.
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