Quote Originally Posted by Yeats 62 View Post
The match where he was hooked before half time (if I remember correctly) he had played a stray pass while under no pressure, lost possession when trying to hold on to the ball instead of passing , then he tried some fancy trick that didn't come off and was hooked nearly immediately. There might be some sort of "never give the ball away" policy going on there. It would explain that strangely timed substitution, it was nearly half time.

But....... if the players are being told to play things safe and not express themselves then we are going to be watching boring futba for a good while yet.
100% his lack of gametime is what he does without the ball more then anything id say