Moyes-substitutions

[Saint Domingo]

Not good enough, wrong substitutes or too late ?

Stats like this are difficult because if your subs are scoring loads does it mean you’re just picking the wrong 11? As a whole I think his subs are too late and often too conservative/formulaic, but almost every single fan would have this complaint about their manager, I know City fans who think Pep’s subs are terrible and too late. Then you have Slot who has lost loads of games because he threw on about 5 attackers with no plan and got done on the counter.

 

[Eggs]

Not good enough, wrong substitutes or too late ?

….he brought on substitutes at half-time at home to Palace, turned the game from being 1-0 to win 2-1. I don’t think the substitutions were directly involved in the goals but the changes and tactical switches won us that match. Moyes won Managerial performance of the week.

Substitutions aren’t always about goal involvement.

 

[Marius57]

Not good enough, wrong substitutes or too late ?

Probably a bit of all.

A manager picks the team he thinks can win the game. So I imagine lots of managers leave it too late (but that’s subjective as well).

Wrong subs is probably easier to agree on for the fans who are likely viewing it in a different way to the manager.

Not good enough is the big one for us though. Especially recently when we went into a game with only 8 out of 9 subs, 2 of them being keepers and 3 defenders who aren’t good enough. And then Beto (not prolific), McNeil (slowest man on earth) and Dibling (who has 3 goal contributions in his career at this level).

 

[Swartzy]

Too late, simple as.

Stats dont need to tell me that.