Players only understand substitutions when they become managers.
It's not harder to make a couple extra substitutions. That's not hard. You get different things when you make changes, you gain things and you lose things. But overall, if you gain things, that's why you play extra guys.
If I had a great game, and I was hot, usually we were up by 20-30 going into the fourth quarter. That means I don't get to play in the fourth quarter.
If I'm on the bench in a Premier League game, I'm thinking, 'What can I do coming off the bench?'
The greatest ally you have to get things working well and the players performing as a team is the bench. Don't be afraid to use it, either for the star player or anyone else.
Messi never wants to be subbed off, but it's my task to take care of him.
One of the greatest motivating things that a coach has is the bench. They all love to play, all of them. You sit them on the bench, and they come around pretty good.
Being a substitute can be an advantage. I know this situation from the national team. And I am also good as a player coming from the bench.
I was never a super sub before I came to City. I used to play always from the beginning, and I scored a lot of goals not as a sub.
I think you just have to be more aggressive when you come off the bench.
Unless the reformer can invent something which substitutes attractive virtues for attractive vices, he will fail.
