Ex Footy Legs
Well-known member
It can be looked at both ways....Personally I thought the subs were about right. Bringing a young lad on to win a game for us in a high intensity situation (as it was at the time), could indeed damaged a young lads confidence. Imagine him missing a sitter for a win or to salvage a point with 2 minutes to go.
Putting crooks up top (where he's played previously at a point in the game when we were delivering balls from wide situations) seemed reasonable. Moving mcNair up to be more effective made sense to me too.
It kind of dispelled the theory of wilder being a 'one trick pony' too. Changing tactics and formation to go for a win is something I love about his attitude. He said from the start of his tenure - I'll always go for a win where I can. This reinforced this attitude for me.
It didn't pay off as we lost momentum in the last 20. If we had got the equaliser and / or winner we'd all be singing his praises here calling his changes a 'master stroke'.
It's fine margins in this league.
Hopefully he learns that when you have the momentum then dont make changes which could lose the momentum...and just go for it with a young hungary lad who might just nail a goal for him.....momentum is everything in a game....