Just my humble opinion but 2 things:
1) Bobby seemed to wait an eternity to make the change. To keep the same shape in midfield & at the back that was doing relatively well up until that point I’d have made the substitution straight away
2) Bearing in mind how well Lopez played in his last 2 games, I’d have thought that the substitution to make would have been to bring him on for Gomez then it’s a kind of like for like for Figueroa. Bringing McArthur on (as much as I rate him) then (IMO) put us at a bit of a disadvantage (in addition to being down to 10 men) because Latics then had Jones & Beausejour playing out of position
Not saying I know more about the game than Bobby (well maybe ) but that seemed odd
On the plus side it was good to see McManaman getting more than a 23 second run out!! ;)
Well I thought that he should have taken one of the front two off and brought on Lopez. Contrary to popular belief of some on here we did used to play with a lone striker ! That to me would have made more sense but hey it’s all academic now !
Well I thought that he should have taken one of the front two off and brought on Lopez. Contrary to popular belief of some on here we did used to play with a lone striker ! That to me would have made more sense but hey it’s all academic now !
Better tell Roberto that Phil. He didn’t think we played with a lone striker and he picked the team!
Just my humble opinion but 2 things:
1) Bobby seemed to wait an eternity to make the change. To keep the same shape in midfield & at the back that was doing relatively well up until that point I’d have made the substitution straight away
2) Bearing in mind how well Lopez played in his last 2 games, I’d have thought that the substitution to make would have been to bring him on for Gomez then it’s a kind of like for like for Figueroa. Bringing McArthur on (as much as I rate him) then (IMO) put us at a bit of a disadvantage (in addition to being down to 10 men) because Latics then had Jones & Beausejour playing out of position
Not saying I know more about the game than Bobby (well maybe ) but that seemed odd
On the plus side it was good to see McManaman getting more than a 23 second run out!! ;)
I thought it was an odd choice too, but I’m not a professional football coach and he is.
I think it took a while to get McArthur on as Jones was going through all sorts of things on a tablet before he actually got on the pitch.
Well I thought that he should have taken one of the front two off and brought on Lopez. Contrary to popular belief of some on here we did used to play with a lone striker ! That to me would have made more sense but hey it’s all academic now !
Better tell Roberto that Phil. He didn’t think we played with a lone striker and he picked the team![/quote]
Well I thought that he should have taken one of the front two off and brought on Lopez. Contrary to popular belief of some on here we did used to play with a lone striker ! That to me would have made more sense but hey it’s all academic now !
Better tell Roberto that Phil. He didn’t think we played with a lone striker and he picked the team![/quote]
Better tell Franco Di Santo that coz he says Latics used to play with a lone striker & he was it!! ;)
Just my humble opinion but 2 things:
1) Bobby seemed to wait an eternity to make the change. To keep the same shape in midfield & at the back that was doing relatively well up until that point I’d have made the substitution straight away
2) Bearing in mind how well Lopez played in his last 2 games, I’d have thought that the substitution to make would have been to bring him on for Gomez then it’s a kind of like for like for Figueroa. Bringing McArthur on (as much as I rate him) then (IMO) put us at a bit of a disadvantage (in addition to being down to 10 men) because Latics then had Jones & Beausejour playing out of position
Not saying I know more about the game than Bobby (well maybe ) but that seemed odd
On the plus side it was good to see McManaman getting more than a 23 second run out!! ;)
I thought it was an odd choice too, but I’m not a professional football coach and he is.
I think it took a while to get McArthur on as Jones was going through all sorts of things on a tablet before he actually got on the pitch.[/quote]
Agreed, but I’d love to know what Bobby’s thinking behind that change was
I noticed that about Jones & his Ipad too & can swear at some point I could see Jones moaning that “this f**kin thing never works”!!
Well I thought that he should have taken one of the front two off and brought on Lopez. Contrary to popular belief of some on here we did used to play with a lone striker ! That to me would have made more sense but hey it’s all academic now !
Although it is academic now……
We needed to have tightened up after the penalty and kept it at 1-0. But I thought in the second half until they got their third that we were on top, and if we had taken our half chances could easily had it back to 2-2. Well dont Bobby to keeping two up with 10 men.
Just my humble opinion but 2 things:
1) Bobby seemed to wait an eternity to make the change. To keep the same shape in midfield & at the back that was doing relatively well up until that point I’d have made the substitution straight away
2) Bearing in mind how well Lopez played in his last 2 games, I’d have thought that the substitution to make would have been to bring him on for Gomez then it’s a kind of like for like for Figueroa. Bringing McArthur on (as much as I rate him) then (IMO) put us at a bit of a disadvantage (in addition to being down to 10 men) because Latics then had Jones & Beausejour playing out of position
Not saying I know more about the game than Bobby (well maybe ) but that seemed odd
On the plus side it was good to see McManaman getting more than a 23 second run out!! ;)
Fair comments. The way he changed things, meant we had a bit of a switch around in more than one position, where as like you say, we could’ve basically brought on a ‘like for like’ defender in Lopez for Gomez.
I’ve never in favour of making a change that alters more than the necessary. This type of thing is his weakness, I think.
Well I thought that he should have taken one of the front two off and brought on Lopez. Contrary to popular belief of some on here we did used to play with a lone striker ! That to me would have made more sense but hey it’s all academic now !
Better tell Roberto that Phil. He didn’t think we played with a lone striker and he picked the team![/quote]
Better tell Franco Di Santo that coz he says Latics used to play with a lone striker & he was it!! ;)[/quote]
The last time that comment was raised I think I suggested it says more about Di Santo’s undertsanding of the tactics than it does about Roberto’s!
Just my humble opinion but 2 things:
1) Bobby seemed to wait an eternity to make the change. To keep the same shape in midfield & at the back that was doing relatively well up until that point I’d have made the substitution straight away
2) Bearing in mind how well Lopez played in his last 2 games, I’d have thought that the substitution to make would have been to bring him on for Gomez then it’s a kind of like for like for Figueroa. Bringing McArthur on (as much as I rate him) then (IMO) put us at a bit of a disadvantage (in addition to being down to 10 men) because Latics then had Jones & Beausejour playing out of position
Not saying I know more about the game than Bobby (well maybe ) but that seemed odd
On the plus side it was good to see McManaman getting more than a 23 second run out!! ;)
I thought it was an odd choice too, but I’m not a professional football coach and he is.
I think it took a while to get McArthur on as Jones was going through all sorts of things on a tablet before he actually got on the pitch.[/quote]
Agreed, but I’d love to know what Bobby’s thinking behind that change was
I noticed that about Jones & his Ipad too & can swear at some point I could see Jones moaning that “this f**kin thing never works”!![/quote]
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