Bladesman
The Great Grumbleduke
“this is what we’re up against”
Has he just realised?
Twitter crops the full quote:
CW on substitutions
"[Fulham's subs], Traore, Jimenez, Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Kenny Tete, Tom Cairney... this is what we're up against. I'm stating facts. Marco Silva's not making physical substitutions, he's making subs to get back in the game. I'd absolutely love to be in that position, I've love to be in the position of bringing Rhian Brewster, Cameron Archer, Tom Davies on, keeping Vini and Arblaster on. It's not about me or I'll look clever or we'll look clever as a coaching staff or 'ooh that was good, that was a great tactical move'. Sometimes it's best staying with what you've got but when they can't move, two of the midfielders couldn't move, and at 80 minutes Graham Scott told us there'd be 10+ minutes of injury time, I've got to look and speak to the medical guys and the conditioners and say 'can these boys see that out?' I'd love to be in Marco's position and hopefully we will be when we get it right because I will get it right in preseason, we'll have a really strong preseason and hopefully we'll get the players in when we need to get them in from a coaching and conditioning POV."