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Originally Posted by russe||
Sven doesn't do good substitutions he managed to completely confuse most of the team with his subs and made them play worse which surprised me cos I didn't think it was possible.
Fratton you want to join my campain? (see my sig for details)
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Campaign joined. Did you notice name number 43 of the signatures is Paul Jewell? I'm sure he could do a better job.
One thing that has struck me about Sven recently is his complete lack of invention when it comes to mid-game ideas - even with the awful formation he had us playing, he had nothing up his sleeve for when things didn't go right. He never considered simplifying things by switching back to 4-4-2; he never considered mixing it up a bit and bringing off the lazy and half-asleep Michael Owen and bringing on the closest thing we have to a target man, Darrent Bent; he brought on a holding midfielder with 8 minutes to go; he never considered telling Rooney and SWP to interchange a little bit in the first half to mix it up. He is completely unable to keep his opposite number guessing but still be in control - as soon as he makes a change neither he nor the players know what's going on.
Look at Chelsea - as soon as the players even see who is stripping off on the sidelines, they know who will be coming off, what the formation change will be, and what is now expected of them before it even happens. Sven's players have to play for 10 mins before they even work out what their new position is, let alone how to play it.