There's a lot of difference between a machine running perfectly and one that is "broke". You run a successful business, do you wait until a machine breaks down completely before giving it an overhaul to get it back running efficiently?
Danny's decision not to substitute got the desired result this time, but here is the total of other managers in the EFL who didn't use a substitute in Saturday's games:-
ZERO, that's nil, none, nada, blob
Winning, losing or drawing every other manager thought using a sub' was a good idea.
"If it ain't broke don't fix it" is the perfect excuse for all those who want to spend their lives fishin' in a shady wadey pool. Yeah, I bet that's exactly what James Dyson was thinking when he looked at a heavy old inefficient Hoover, or are you old enough to remember the Goblin .........?
Dancing my friend you're far too clever to use such a dumb argument, and I'm not quite dumb enough to be convinced by it.
"I can't improve on this" is a sustainable argument, but if Danny's thinking, "I daren't make a change," then you worry what decision he'll make when it's 0-0 after seventy minutes at Rochdale. It's easy to be clear and decisive at 3-0 up or down; it's when things are tight we need clear, decisive thinking. In Danny's position I know my head would be full of worries, ideas, possibilities, dangers - and we need his decision-making to be at a peak.
Danny's decision not to substitute got the desired result this time, but here is the total of other managers in the EFL who didn't use a substitute in Saturday's games:-
ZERO, that's nil, none, nada, blob
Winning, losing or drawing every other manager thought using a sub' was a good idea.
"If it ain't broke don't fix it" is the perfect excuse for all those who want to spend their lives fishin' in a shady wadey pool. Yeah, I bet that's exactly what James Dyson was thinking when he looked at a heavy old inefficient Hoover, or are you old enough to remember the Goblin .........?
Dancing my friend you're far too clever to use such a dumb argument, and I'm not quite dumb enough to be convinced by it.
"I can't improve on this" is a sustainable argument, but if Danny's thinking, "I daren't make a change," then you worry what decision he'll make when it's 0-0 after seventy minutes at Rochdale. It's easy to be clear and decisive at 3-0 up or down; it's when things are tight we need clear, decisive thinking. In Danny's position I know my head would be full of worries, ideas, possibilities, dangers - and we need his decision-making to be at a peak.