chrisgers
Well-Known Member
The most persistent criticism on here about Graham Murray is that he leaves substitutions too late.
To be fair it’s always a criticism any manager has to live with because he can never disprove the premise that if so and so had come on 20 minutes earlier for so and so we’d have won at a canter.
However, where many managers make subs religiously on the hour mark, Murty’s norm is to wait til 70 or 75 mins. So, is he really a complete imbecile as the experts on here would have it or is there a reason for this? I don’t think this is coincidence and I don’t think Murty is the sort of guy to go against common football “wisdom” just for the sake of it. He comes across as much smarter than that.
I wondered if he’s done some analysis that suggests later subs have more of an impact. The only thing I can think of is it maximises the impact of fresh legs because the opposition is slightly more tired and because the player coming on can expend energy at an even higher sustained rate. Leaving it later probably has an even more defined advantage but not having it long enough weakens the overall chance of a goal.
Or are we going with the “He’s just a youth coach who doesn’t know what he’s doing” argument?
Any thoughts?
To be fair it’s always a criticism any manager has to live with because he can never disprove the premise that if so and so had come on 20 minutes earlier for so and so we’d have won at a canter.
However, where many managers make subs religiously on the hour mark, Murty’s norm is to wait til 70 or 75 mins. So, is he really a complete imbecile as the experts on here would have it or is there a reason for this? I don’t think this is coincidence and I don’t think Murty is the sort of guy to go against common football “wisdom” just for the sake of it. He comes across as much smarter than that.
I wondered if he’s done some analysis that suggests later subs have more of an impact. The only thing I can think of is it maximises the impact of fresh legs because the opposition is slightly more tired and because the player coming on can expend energy at an even higher sustained rate. Leaving it later probably has an even more defined advantage but not having it long enough weakens the overall chance of a goal.
Or are we going with the “He’s just a youth coach who doesn’t know what he’s doing” argument?
Any thoughts?