Manorlounger
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This should suit our style of play. Ability to change formation and utilise different strengths from the bench.
And for a tinkerer like KR who (IMO) doesn’t always get his starting line-ups right and constantly has ‘plans’ for his subs (premeditated sub times, players only playing certain amounts of minutes etc), I think the rule change offers increased benefits. I.e. he can make his ‘I’m going to bring Winnall on after 63.5 minutes because of sports science’ (or whatever it was at Cambridge last year) sub - but still have a couple more options to actually change the game.
At least he won't be able to bring Winnall on. That only worked onceHonestly, I feel that KR is a little all over the place when it comes to subs.
Sometimes he gets it absolutely right and brings people on who change the game for us.
Other times - particularly when we're behind but playing OK - I feel he can try and change too much too soon, leading to us just petering out or giving up a clinching goal.
But maybe with five subs, he'll be able to tap into 'good Karl' a little more often!
It does make squad depth that much more important.
But the best thing about this rule is that it hopefully will mean more minutes for some of our promising youngsters at the ends of games.......
The subs can't be made individually, that was never the case. A maximum of 3 occasions can be used to swap out players, for the precise reason you mention above.Also (and I know it's unlikely) but if both teams use all 5 subs individually then that would take a total of around 15-20 minutes? Which I think is unlikely to be added to the end of the game.
It can also badly disrupt the flow of a game and be abused for time wasting.
Ah, sorry thanks for clearing that up.The subs can't be made individually, that was never the case. A maximum of 3 occasions can be used to swap out players, for the precise reason you mention above.