Hodgsons substitutions.

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Hodgsons substitutions or rather lack of is something I have noticed and as depressing as it might be, its starting to annoy me more than I think is good for my health already this early in his Liverpool career so I thought I should look into it.

 

Its not like we have played even half decent in any of our games so far so hopefully the pattern that emerges below is no a consequense of Hodgson being happy wih our peformances so far this season or maybe worringly it is?

 

Anyway these are the cold hard facts.

 

Europa League:

Rabotnicki away: 72, 83, 83 mins.

Rabotnicki home: 62, 67, 73 mins.

Trabzonspor home: 45, 73 mins.

Trabzonspor away: 77, 86, 90 mins

Steua home: 78, 85, 88 mins.

Utecht away: 81 min.

 

 

League Cup:

Northampton home: 90, 99, 105 mins

 

 

Premier League:

Arsenal home: 66, 74, 78 mins.

Man City away: 78, 86 mins.

West Brom home: 59, 89 mins.

Birmingham away: 76, 77 mins.

Man Utd away: 62, 79, 82 mins.

Sunderland home: 28, 61 mins.

 

I could have breaked these stats down even more but I dont have time for that right now, maybe tomorrow.

 

Is it possible to read anything out of this, do we have a problem on our hands here?

[TheDrowningMan]

It'll be the same for his entire reign - I recall Fulham fans speaking of this 'quirk'. It's his way.

[Joe Le Taxi]

He wants to do the job his way. I think you're reading too much into this mate.

[mypost]

Hodgsons substitutions or rather lack of is something I have noticed and as depressing as it might be, its starting to annoy me.....

 

Is it possible to read anything out of this, do we have a problem on our hands here?

 

What problem do we have?

 

We have a maximum of 3 subs to make. Nobody says they all have to be used.

 

When was the last time a sub changed a game for us anyway?

[usernameunknown]

Most concerning is he's watched us be truly abysmal at City and Birmingham yet waited ages to change it. Same tonight, why give a sub 10 minutes? Barely gonna get into the game.

 

Him waiting till 3-0 down at City was shocking management.

[ODZ]

I wish we could substitute managers during a game.

[ManxRed]

I wish we had substitutes on the bench capable of changing a game

[Guest PurpleNose]

I wish I had a rabbit in a hat with a bat and a six four Impala.

[derykw]

The lack of positive subs worries me. Tonight was a good example, The game was there to be won. Maybe bring on Babel or Ngog and take off either Lucas or Poulsen and really go for it but all we got was a very late like for like substitution. In the context of the group a draw away isn`t a bad result but the performance was lacking again and the Managers reluctance to risk a positive change is pretty deflating to say the least.

[Joe Le Taxi]

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[Guest Dog Chaser]

Tonight it was clear that we were lacking ideas and it was left untill the 81st minute to change it. It is becoming as puzzling as our inept 1st half performances.

[llego]

When was the last time a sub changed a game for us anyway?

 

That's your argument?

 

AGENDA: grow a fucking brain

[vonk]

He should just make substitutions for the hell of. Cos thats the problem, not using all the subs.

[PauloDiCunnio]

Just look at tonight - playing poorly and you've got Lucas and Poulsen playing alongside each other passing five yards sideways to Utrecht players all night, but he chooses to take off the most creative player on the park in Joe Cole and replace him with Maxi in the 81st minute. Had David Ngog on the bench, who is by no means the greatest of players by a long way, but he has scored 5 goals in the competition already. Surely it was worth a gamble?

[Mathewbet1]

He's 62 you know! By the later stages of the game the old mans probably nodding off.

[Tepid water]

I wish we had substitutes on the bench capable of changing a game

 

Yes we have, we can be playing badly and bring on a sub who makes us play far worse.

[Guest PurpleNose]

Yes we have, we can be playing badly and bring on a sub who makes us play far worse.

 

Be hard fucking pressed.

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

If you're an old, ugly fatty bird with no hair it doesn't matter what earrings you wear.

[Unrighteous]

Yes we have, we can be playing badly and bring on a sub who makes us play far worse.

 

To be fair, we couldn't play much worse than we are now...

[andyj]

To be fair, we couldn't play much worse than we are now...

i fucking hope not !!!:biggrin:

[Major Tom]

But we played well last night according to Roy and kept good shape. He was also pleased with a point.

 

*despairs*

[kitfournier]

Anyone care to look into how he used them at Fulham to see if it's just a matter of the players at his disposal?

[dirty_sanchez]

What problem do we have?

 

We have a maximum of 3 subs to make. Nobody says they all have to be used.

 

When was the last time a sub changed a game for us anyway?

 

That's the point that the OP is making. Subs are supposed to change the game. If they don't, they aren't being used correctly.

[Mr Nando]

Anyone care to look into how he used them at Fulham to see if it's just a matter of the players at his disposal?

 

He tended to do the same at Fulham.