Government giving false hope again or realistic? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54977370 Trouble is the rates change each day - you could be fine at the start of the week then see cases go up later on.
Sorry - tbf I think you have put in the right place! I think it's a bit of a ruse to get people to comply more with the rules but again they have said something that might not happen so people will be cross. Would have made sense to say in 2/3 months when we know more about vaccines etc. Let's be honest people aren't going to be wanted to hang around stuck outside or inside grounds for hours which I believe is part of the plan in terms of coping with this. Mind you cannot be any more of a risk than allowing fans into club bars to watch games!
Might benefit the big clubs like us but I am sure some clubs would not have 5 subs on the bench that could help on the pitch Not sure if it is a step forward, could end up with multiple subs like in Rugby Union or worse still like American Grid Iron Football where someone could come on to take a penalty and then be subbed off again Its not the football I grew up watching
Can tactically completely change the game.... and yes ironcially might benefit us..... but another step away from the game we knew and loved as kids...
I agree with you guys generally, but I think if this is a short-term decision to avoid player injury due to fixture congestion this season, I have no objection. I don’t think it is motivated by tactical reasons, more keeping the players fit. I hope. We’ve grown used to the change from a single substitution, which often saw players staying on the pitch, carrying on playing despite injury, because the sub had been used. But yes, five is too many long-term.
Roger Hugo was our first substitute to come on and play. In those days you were only allowed one. Still that was better than expecting goalkeepers with broken necks to keep playing.
I can see five subs really changing the game though....Imagine a club subbing all five with 25 minutes to go..
yup i agree, it could easily become a strategy of clubs to replace all of their attack mined players for defenders to save a result. It is after all half of the outfield players and you could end up with a formation of 6:3:1 or even 7:2:1. I think maybe the 2 additional subs can only be used after a certain number of minutes or some other restriction
I remember Roy Low trotting on as sub in a match at Oldham. He just had time to jog into the centre circle before the ref blew for full time - so he simply turned around and jogged back off laughing, having contributed to the team's draw bonus. Before he joined Watford, he became the first Spurs player to make a substitute appearance.
No, i dont think so, i missed the word 'should' out last time (if memory serves) I think you were not permitted to make more than 3 changes in a single substitution, and were only allowed to make a total of 3 changes in the whole game, so effectively if you used 3 single substitutes then you could not then put sub 4 and 5 on
There were some regulations about the subs last season weren't there? Something like you can have 5 but only during 3 sub breaks i.e. you would have to make 2 subs at one time twice unless an injury emergency.
I think you are thinking way to negatively. More likely change your front line, putting on fresh speed against tired defenders. It would allow for a change in formation also. But the main benefit for us would be to put on similar standard players around the 70min mark and keep everyone as fresh as possible especially through the next stint of matches.
