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posted on 26/11/19

Reads the game unbelievably mate. Poch would of never made that change on 20 mins. Jose =. Balls. Tactically fantastic.

comment by Phenom (U20037)

posted on 26/11/19



Be shocked if Jose isnt looking at a DM, CB and RB. Need a LB too.

posted on 26/11/19

Hmmm, why did he start with Dier in the first place? Wouldn’t call that particularly good judgment.

posted on 26/11/19

Winks was poor
Sonny was $hit too.

posted on 26/11/19

comment by Don_tottenham (U3372)
posted 6 minutes ago
Reads the game unbelievably mate. Poch would of never made that change on 20 mins. Jose =. Balls. Tactically fantastic.
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It's not about reading the game as much as having the courage to see something and acting on it.

So many managers see the problem, then wait trying to give their player a chance to rectify it. Not Jose,he takes charge! Great manager!

posted on 26/11/19

That first substitution was risky according to the crwod on here!
But Eriksen played his best in a long time so Mourinho knows better.
Son tried hard all match, just a bit unlucky.
Winks can be pushed off the ball far too easily.

And I see Sissoko did his bit from minute 61 onwards as we dominated the second half.

posted on 26/11/19

I like that he made an early sub, but he got it badly wrong to start with. Dier and Winks is not a good combination.

We still very much got away with it tonight. Hope to see a better performance on Saturday.

posted on 26/11/19

Eriksen was a risk, yes, but Jose was prepared to take that risk at 2-0 down after 20 mins. Poch would have done it at 75 mins +

posted on 26/11/19

Subs are one of Mourinho’s weaknesses nowadays. Once he gets his team settled he usually waits too long to make them to change a game. You’ll get the odd occasion where he’ll throw caution to the wind and completely abandon this, but it’s not common.

posted on 26/11/19

comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 4 seconds ago
Subs are one of Mourinho’s weaknesses nowadays. Once he gets his team settled he usually waits too long to make them to change a game. You’ll get the odd occasion where he’ll throw caution to the wind and completely abandon this, but it’s not common.
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Exactly

Even poch has done an early sub before

posted on 26/11/19

Definitely gonna get better in game management from Jose.

posted on 26/11/19

We do tend to struggle against teams that move the ball well.
Olympiakos had some very good technicians and were very adept at manipulating the ball and we struggled at times to get the ball off them.
We really need to do better without the ball against these types of teams.

posted on 26/11/19

comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 4 minutes ago
Subs are one of Mourinho’s weaknesses nowadays. Once he gets his team settled he usually waits too long to make them to change a game. You’ll get the odd occasion where he’ll throw caution to the wind and completely abandon this, but it’s not common.
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think hes proving you wrong. All subs today were great and perfectly judged.

posted on 26/11/19

comment by Everywhere you go always take Lamela with you. LEVY OUT. (U7905)
posted 7 minutes ago
I like that he made an early sub, but he got it badly wrong to start with. Dier and Winks is not a good combination.

We still very much got away with it tonight. Hope to see a better performance on Saturday.
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He got it wrong not because Winks and Dier is a bad combo, but because Olympiacos played a pressure game and having holding midfielders was useless. We needed a player who can be between their center backs and wing backs, so Eriksen is perfect for that.

posted on 26/11/19

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 4 minutes ago
Subs are one of Mourinho’s weaknesses nowadays. Once he gets his team settled he usually waits too long to make them to change a game. You’ll get the odd occasion where he’ll throw caution to the wind and completely abandon this, but it’s not common.
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think hes proving you wrong. All subs today were great and perfectly judged.
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So the team he started with was all wrong.

posted on 26/11/19

Winks should not be starting!! He does my head in, headless chicken. Tries hard but he ain’t good enough

posted on 26/11/19

comment by Kane and Able(previously Once Bale leaves..) (U12707)
posted 2 minutes ago
We do tend to struggle against teams that move the ball well.
Olympiakos had some very good technicians and were very adept at manipulating the ball and we struggled at times to get the ball off them.
We really need to do better without the ball against these types of teams.
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What looked clear today was the. trouble often came down our left as Rose is not the strongest defender and Son doesnt help him much. Son might have to up this part of his game to keep Jose happy.

posted on 26/11/19

How does me pointing out he will occasionally throw caution to the wind prove me wrong but it’s not common prove me wrong?

posted on 26/11/19

comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 4 minutes ago
Subs are one of Mourinho’s weaknesses nowadays. Once he gets his team settled he usually waits too long to make them to change a game. You’ll get the odd occasion where he’ll throw caution to the wind and completely abandon this, but it’s not common.
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think hes proving you wrong. All subs today were great and perfectly judged.
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Poch had days when his subs were good - does that mean poch always made good subs?

posted on 26/11/19

comment by Automatic For The People (U21889)
posted 47 seconds ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 37 seconds ago
comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 4 minutes ago
Subs are one of Mourinho’s weaknesses nowadays. Once he gets his team settled he usually waits too long to make them to change a game. You’ll get the odd occasion where he’ll throw caution to the wind and completely abandon this, but it’s not common.
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think hes proving you wrong. All subs today were great and perfectly judged.
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So the team he started with was all wrong.
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I wouldn't say so...I dont suppose the opposition shared their tactics with Jose and they were certainly more attacking than most expected. The subs were a reaction to the score line and then need for better control in the CM. Spurs were also rubbish first half which had zero to do with the tactics.

posted on 26/11/19

comment by Christopher (U20930)
posted 2 minutes ago
comment by Devonshirespur (U6316)
posted 6 minutes ago
comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 4 minutes ago
Subs are one of Mourinho’s weaknesses nowadays. Once he gets his team settled he usually waits too long to make them to change a game. You’ll get the odd occasion where he’ll throw caution to the wind and completely abandon this, but it’s not common.
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think hes proving you wrong. All subs today were great and perfectly judged.
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Poch had days when his subs were good - does that mean poch always made good subs?
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Difference here being he made a very bold change inside 30 minutes. yih dont see that often unless you are having a shocker. If was proactive and worked and is refreshing to see

Also Sisokko for a good Lucas was questionable but it saw a change of formation that saw us have much greater control.

Km judging him on what I am seeing having only spent 1 week with the players. So far so good.

posted on 26/11/19

comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 7 minutes ago
How does me pointing out he will occasionally throw caution to the wind prove me wrong but it’s not common prove me wrong?
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That wasn't throwing caution to the wind. it was a well judged tactical change up. You're just bitter

posted on 26/11/19

Don’t mean to take much away from the Sub, you could replaced anyone with Dier and the team would have played better, he was just a loaf in the middle of the park waddling around

posted on 26/11/19

He threw caution to the wind in the sense that he abandoned his principles to make such an early change. I can see I’m conversing with an early convert to the cult of Mourinho, however, so I’ll bow out.

posted on 27/11/19

comment by Mason The King Greenwood (U10026)
posted 9 hours, 27 minutes ago
He threw caution to the wind in the sense that he abandoned his principles to make such an early change. I can see I’m conversing with an early convert to the cult of Mourinho, however, so I’ll bow out.
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You both have a point IMO.

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