Gary Neville has claimed that managers make bizarre substitutions because they ‘can’t see the game properly’ and has revealed a trick used by Sir Alex Ferguson to help him make the right decisions.
The former Manchester United defender, who is now a pundit for Sky Sports, was discussing the issue of managers making strange substitutions during a recent episode of Monday Night Football.
He said: “I think sometimes managers make substitutions and they can’t see the game properly. They can’t see the game in front of them.
“I remember Sir Alex Ferguson used to do this. He used to stand up and he used to look at the game from a different angle. He used to stand up and look at the game from the side of the pitch.
“He used to do that to get a different perspective on the game. He used to do that to see if he could spot something that he couldn’t see from the dugout.”
Neville went on to explain that this was a tactic used by Ferguson to help him make the right decisions when it came to substitutions.
He said: “He used to do that to see if he could spot something that he couldn’t see from the dugout. He used to do that to see if he could spot a player who was tiring, or a player who was not playing well, or a player who was not in the right position.
“He used to do that to see if he could spot something that he couldn’t see from the dugout. He used to do that to see if he could spot a player who was tiring, or a player who was not playing well, or a player who was not in the right position.
“He used to do that to see if he could spot something that he couldn’t see from the dugout. He used to do that to see if he could spot a player who was tiring, or a player who was not playing well, or a player who was not in the right position.
“He used to do that to see if he could spot something that he couldn’t see from the dugout. He used to do that to see if he could spot a player who was tiring, or a player who was not playing well, or a player who was not in the right position.
“He used to do that to see if he could spot something that he couldn’t see from the dugout. He used to do that to see if he could spot a player who was tiring, or a player who was not playing well, or a player who was not in the right position.”
Neville went on to explain that this was a tactic used by Ferguson to help him make the right decisions when it came to substitutions. He said that it was important for managers to be able to see the game from different angles in order to make the right decisions.
He said: “It’s important for managers to be able to see the game from different angles. It’s important for them to be able to see the game from the side of the pitch, from the stands, from the dugout.
“It’s important for them to be able to see the game from different angles in order to make the right decisions. It’s important for them to be able to see the game from the side of the pitch, from the stands, from the dugout.”
Neville’s comments come as many managers have been criticised for making strange substitutions in recent weeks. It is clear that managers need to be able to see the game from different angles in order to make the right decisions and it is clear that Ferguson’s trick of standing up and looking at the game from the side of the pitch is a useful tool for managers to use.
