Barnsley - Nottingham Forest

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I was swearing at Guerrero for his miss but we lost our way after he went off. Freeman did nothing worthwhile when he came on.
Not sure what subs would have improved us,  Ameobi may have done something, our bench didint look too strong when we were chasing the game.

In my humble opinion, the most balanced post I have read regarding not using the subs. I think we are in minority SM, but I agree 100%. Dont get me wrong I am gutted we lost, but starting XI played very well. 

I was reading the other day about a non scoring CF for Burton Albion a few years back. All his teammates said he was crucial to their success. Guerrero has only played a few games and should get better, (hopefully his finishing will too), but we look a better team with him on the pitch.

Anyway, I've been spikey enough for one night. Good evening all. Onward and upwards.

This was pretty much the discussion I was having with my Dad, was only really Ameobi we felt could offer an improvement. However subs isn't just about improving the team, its predominantly about bringing players on that have more energy. 

I said when Barnsley made the 4th sub it would be an interesting experiment on the 5 subs situation as it was 4 subs v 1. Obviously a pretty small sample but it was clear Barnsley had more energy after that.

Personally felt Hughton should've matched them at that point as it gave them a fitness advantage regardless of the drop off on quality. I dont think it would've been unreasonable to bring on arter for colback, ameobi for knockaer, jenkinson for Christie or iannou for ribeiro.

Although partly this is just a personal thing, I think managers are currently wasting the 5 subs option. In the first lockdown watched some German football when they restarted and most teams made at least 2 changes at HT. Personally I would be taking advantage by asking certain players to press harder than normal with a view to rotating them at HT.

That's a fairly compelling case. A 90 mph game on the back foot was definitely taking its toll on Barnsley players, so may well have done on ours to some extent especially when their fresh legs came on (alongside our chubby ones)

Still think it was more the sucker punch nature of the goal that took the wind out of our sails psychologically-then physically. The subs you suggest probably wouldn't have weakened us too much. But could it have upset our rhythm? Freeman certainly did...