Five subs

Argyle Nutter · Nov 18, 2020

I see the EFL have agreed to allow 5 subs pr game from Friday, this will only apply to EFL clubs, not those in the Premershite.
https://www.skysports.com/football/news ... rom-friday

PutneyPete · Nov 18, 2020

From this Friday, EFL clubs can use 5 substitutes for rest of 2020-21 season

And can have 7 subs on the bench.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54989289

Championship clubs will be able to name up to nine substitutes in matchday squads

League One and League Two clubs can name seven substitutes.

evil dave 86 · Nov 18, 2020

Green 1886 · Nov 18, 2020

Will lead to time wasting, drawn out ends to games. Yes the ref is “supposed” to add on 30 seconds per sub. But if a team makes 3, 4 or 5 separate subs in the last 10 mins it will kill any momentum. Right up Wycombe’s street this. Bad move

Balham Green · Nov 18, 2020

Ridiculous. At the very least a caveat should have been put in that subs not be made in injury time. Not necessary and just a time wasting tactic.

ping g5 · Nov 18, 2020

I believe the rule is that teams can make 5 subs but can only have 3 opportunities to do so.

GreenThing · Nov 18, 2020

ping_g5":3jr7ckuw said:
I believe the rule is that teams can make 5 subs but can only have 3 opportunities to do so.

I was going to post this, but then decided that I’d either dreamed it or made it up. I’m glad someone else has heard about it.

KeithB · Nov 18, 2020

Why are players suddenly more prone to tiredness or injury this season?

greenking · Nov 18, 2020

Yeah, i believed it was 5 on 3 occasions.
Would still take longer as they additional 2 subs will still trudge off individually ... usually at a snails pace if they are winning.

The argument for 5 was due to the high turnover in games and less recovery time for the squad.
I tend to be a bit old school and think "they are supposed to be athletes... surely they can handle 2 games in 7 days"..... but i am starting to understand the fatigue that players will accumulate over a season as its not just game time, but training too.
Bodies so highly strung in high pressure, high stakes games are more likely to break.... so why not allow this for the good of the game?

Ultimately the time wasted is on the ref to sort out.... make them go off at the side and produce yellow cards for time wasting etc. They can help themselves.... whether they will is another question!

Lundan Cabbie · Nov 18, 2020

Balham_Green":201qqp5p said:
Ridiculous. At the very least a caveat should have been put in that subs not be made in injury time. Not necessary and just a time wasting tactic.

That's all very well when there are 5 mins to add on but what about like at Torquay in the Cup when 22 minutes had to be added? How about if some of the stoppage time is due to a floodlight failure?

Balham Green · Nov 18, 2020

Lundan Cabbie":jzimppyo said:
Balham_Green":jzimppyo said:

Ridiculous. At the very least a caveat should have been put in that subs not be made in injury time. Not necessary and just a time wasting tactic.

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That's all very well when there are 5 mins to add on but what about like at Torquay in the Cup when 22 minutes had to be added? How about if some of the stoppage time is due to a floodlight failure?

Ys because that happens so often doesn't it?

Green 1886 · Nov 18, 2020

Another issue for me is why has this been introduced mid way through a season? If it was the rule from the beginning it would be a bit more palatable.

As mentioned, making 2 subs at a time won’t matter. One sub will conveniently not have his laces tied, shin pads in etc. Clubs will exploit this as an opportunity to time waste and slow down play.

Cobi Budge · Nov 18, 2020

Gareth Ainsworth must be licking his lips at this news.

Lobster · Nov 18, 2020

I am behind this as long as it's short term. This season the games are coming thicker and faster than usual, so it makes sense to protect the players. There are still only three opportunities to make subs, so the time wasting opportunities aren't any larger than normal, and the refs should crack down on it anyway.

Hopefully we go back to three subs once things are back to normal.

Martyn · Nov 18, 2020

I understand why, because of the pressure of fitness on the players, due to games being played very close to each other.

But I don’t like it, as towards the end of the match, it looks like a friendly, where it could be 10 subs.

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