If only there was an Irish version
Sure let's make it a million subs then, why not.
As LTID said, what's the point in adding the two subs? Are we just changing the rules for the fun of it?
And for Lep, yeah, Bray can stay with five subs and not extend their dugouts, but what about the away dugout?
It all seems a bit needless is all.
With five subs most teams will have a decent goalkeeper, defender, midfielder, winger and striker on the bench to cover their bases regarding injuries and tactical changes. With 7 subs, teams can stick two youngsters on the bench in addition to this, while still covering their bases regarding injuries. Then if they're comfortably winning the game with 20 minutes left they can give them a run out to gain much needed experience. With only 5 subs, managers would be less likely to take a gamble in naming two or even one inexperienced youngsters on the bench. It gives managers a way to introduce A team and u-20 players into the first team without having to significantly limit the options on your bench.
How many teams really have that big a squad - taking injuries into account - that they can fill the bench with experienced players? And if they're not going to put one youngster in the 16, they may fill the 18 out with a full-back and a different type of mid (attacking/defensive).
I see your point, and maybe it's just the UCD factor (not having any experienced players at all), but I'm fairly meh about it.
I remember being much happier with the seven-man bench in Spain for tactical reasons in Football Manager.
In practical terms, I doubt it matters much. I'd guess most of the negative sentiment above is just normal conservatism.
You can't spell failure without FAI
A bit of a deal, yeah. Are you saying a press release - which that article presumably was - isn't making a bit of a deal? Not a big deal, mind; just a bit of a deal. The negative sentiment - which should properly be termed apathy; like LTID, I'm not fussed about it; I just don't see the point really - isn't about conservatism as you say; it's about apathy with this while bigger issues need to be dealt with.
The tax issue is actually more interesting though. Presumably players have been reclaiming tax and then playing on in the past? It reads like a rule put in place to stop something currently happening from continuing.
So something as insignificant as the number of substitutes should be announced how? In an unannounced display in the inaccessible, unlit cellar in Abbotstown, in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying 'Beware of the Leopard'?
You can't spell failure without FAI
Perchance by a letter to the clubs?
I'd love to see the reaction here to people turning up for the first game of the season to find that the FAI'd changed the number of subs without bothering to tell the fans.
You can't spell failure without FAI
Anyone who'd complain about that should be instantly banned.
(And I acknowledge that that'd mean a fair few bannings)
I'd bloody hope so! But my point is that's plenty.
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