Quote Originally Posted by stopper2 View Post
You make some good points in reponse to my post and yes what you are saying does make a lot of sense Jeterpool.
I suppose Miller pretty much all season has taken a pretty conservative, low percentage approach to not only games this season but his selections abd he has every right to do that because at the end of the day it is the result that matters.
Having said that, there has been numerous times during the season where I feel in particular Cooper (and lesser extent Pav and Lundy) could have been thrown on with 15-20 to go, to not only see if he can make a difference but expose him more at this level. This is essesntially what I'm talking about not proposing to go down the Mariners path as Frodo has assumed I am getting at.
Anyway that's my opinion and going by the way many were asking the question of "Where's Cooper" earlier in the season, I think many would be in agreement with me.
The highlighted section I definitely agree with too. Getting 5 minutes here or there isn't going to do anyone any good. You're barely up to the flow of the game by the time the whistle goes.

That situation isn't going to present itself every match but when it does we certainly haven't taken it. Remember back earlier in the season we weren't using all our allocated subs each match? That screamed to me of a lack of trust in the quality of our squad's depth.