Hindsight and hindsight... thought it was a strange sub the moment it was made and pretty sure I'm not the only one.
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I don’t disagree, re quality, and since Murray retired it’s no secret we have been lacking in that respect. However, you set the tactics and put players into positions, you don’t have your 11 best players based on ability, as we’d have 7 defenders and four midfield players.
Dunk was having a stinker after 2 mins ?
Fair pointEdit - he didn’t look comfortable though in possession though even early on.
LamieRobertson
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….as I’m not the only one who didn’t think it was
LamieRobertson
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I wasn’t surprised…shrug
Each to their own….as I’m not the only one who didn’t think it was
LamieRobertson
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YepEach to their own
Agree it was a bizarre sub. Enciso has looked raw and a bit indisciplined, thought Gilmour was the clear favourite to be subbed on with Ali Mac or Gross shifted further forward. RDZ kind of acknowledged his mistake a bit later.
Yeah, but we're not being paid to manage Premier League football teams are we?….as I’m not the only one who didn’t think it was
Sometimes managers get it wrong. Sometimes they get it right or make bugger all difference. Over the length of a season their tactics tend to be fairly marginal as far as the points total is concerned.
Enciso against Chelsea was a very, very clever substitution.
They were looking incredibly leggy and throwing on a maniac who'd run at everything and kick them in the heels was just the final nail in the coffin. Couldn't cope with the energy.
Being 1-0 up with 85 minutes to go, it is not really as good of a plan. Someone with a more controlled style of play would have been a better solution... save the chaos for later, if needed.
No. Gilmour is (to me at least) more in the Ali Mac/Caicedo mould…….Lallana was in the no 10 slot, which is more suited to Enciso so it made sense to me at the time (I might be doing BG a disservice but haven’t seen enough of him), particularly after how he played in the week. If Sarmiento had been fit suspect he’d have been brought on….as I’m not the only one who didn’t think it was
A few months ago it would surely have been Mwepu. Miss the bloke.
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It all went pear shaped when Lallana went off. De Zerbi f***ed up bringing Enciso on rather than Gilmour, he lost every single ball he went for before he was subbed.
Bad day at the office worsened by the weakest ref I have seen this season. He let Villa get away with shitehousing and time wasting all game.
Called the end result 30 mins into the game
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Villa bossed us
To round it off the exit from the Uni carpark was an absolute shambles
Bad day at the office worsened by the weakest ref I have seen this season. He let Villa get away with shitehousing and time wasting all game.
Called the end result 30 mins into the game
.Villa bossed us
To round it off the exit from the Uni carpark was an absolute shambles
LamieRobertson
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Erm…but then I think I and others are saying he didn’t get it wrong
RDZ probably thought he got it wrong... hence subbing Enciso off again before the hour mark.Erm…but then I think I and others are saying he didn’t get it wrong
Yes, but there's no consequence to you being wrong.Erm…but then I think I and others are saying he didn’t get it wrong
LamieRobertson
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Or a change of tactics (Veltman was his replacement not Gilmour)…or seeing the player not fulfilling the role he was asked to do
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Replacing Lallana with Enciso was very wrong, he was as bad as any sub since we reached the PL. He was useless and gave the ball away in 100% of his touches from what I sawErm…but then I think I and others are saying he didn’t get it wrong
LamieRobertson
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Yep best not trust him to play for Brighton ever again ….sorry but that’s hindsight