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For someone who is a fairly regular exponent of picking stuff apart and recognising flaws in things, I find this a pretty strange argument tbh. I agree with you about team selection that the manager has a better idea having worked with the players in training up to that point, but I'd also be willing to bet that most of us have seen more games involving the majority of the current players who make up the squad than Mixu has. Given that, I'd say it is emminently reasonable for people to have an opinion based on not only that, but that they've been watching football for years in most cases.
Now to add on to that, I disagree with people all the time about how they seen a game, how they rate players etc, so it's not like any of these things are unarguable. A manager is obviously more qualified than me to make these judgements, but they do make mistakes all the time. If they didn't then they would all be Mourinho or Trappatoni, and they undoubtedly aren't. And regularly enough for it not to be a fluke, fans can see the mistakes.
FWIW I think Mixus subs are not very reminiscent of Williamsons at all since I can usually see the justification for the ones he makes. My only problem with his use of subs is that he seems to think they should only be used as a last resort and not to change the way a game is being played or to try and get a bit of momentum.
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Al, Smurf posts regularly on this part of the site as though his opinion is the only one that is correct. He's even shown that on this thread at least he doesn't even look at another opinion - he's right in his own mind. I rarely post in this section (had my fill of dissecting tactics on the hibs.list years ago) but when I see some his shite (copyright
shandongreen) I feel occasionally it's only right that another opinion is heard - and other opinions are just as valid. No doubt Smurf flukes a proper opinion occasionally - in this case I reckong there was a reason in keeping Campbell on - see above his mobility keeps more than one player occupied.