Was calling for Fryatt as soon as I saw the team sheet. Why Bruce went one up front I'll never know, but Fryatt was always going to get on the scoresheet. SUPER effort and must start the final. Also should get some game time between now and then.
I was astounded and rather pissed off when I heard he wasn't starting. I suspect that ten minutes into the first half, Bruce was feeling the same way.
According to his interview in the Dull Daily he was thinking of making changes after 30-35 minutes but didn't think it'd be fair on the players in a semi.
Risk being slated here but maybe this type of decision-making is what separates a very good manager like SB from a truly great one like Jose Mourinho. It didn't cost us because quality won out against a championship standard L1 side but against Arsenal you have to change it there and then
I was very angry at the time when his 'second' was chalked off for offside. I had to wait until 1am to actually see that my anger was correct - he was level.
Nice interview with Matty, reaction the mark of the man. http://www.thefa.com//news/the-fa-cup/2014/apr/matty-fryatt-hull-fa-cup
