From: stuart@vax.oxford.ac.uk
Newsgroups: rec.sport.soccer
Subject: Re: UEFA DISGRACE: RE: Leeds v Stuttgartdir
Date: 12 Oct 92 11:11:58 GMT
Organization: Oxford University VAX 6620

>>You ahve to remember who they brought on and the attitude of Stuttgart to the
>>tactics they should employ against Leeds. To them the main threat was Lee
>>Chapman who could beat all their players in the air. This was the clear message
>>of the papers in Stuttgart prior to the first leg and, when in the second leg,
>>Leeds were running riot against the Stuttgart defence it was very nice to be
>>able to bring on a tall, fresh, international (!!) defender to stop Chapman and
>>cantona getting the flick-ons they were doing throughout the match.
> 
>        How fortunate for Leeds Utd. that it only occurred to Vfb Stuttgart 
>   to bring on this key match-saving player for only the final 8% of the 
>   game. How fortunate that this magnificent player, this one-man team 
>   didn't play for the initial 92% of the game, when he so clearly would
>   have stopped C + C getting their flick-ons. How fortunate that Leeds
>   didn't find themselves entering the last 7 minutes of the game with the
>   score at 0 - 0.

Oh come on. I never said he was a key match-saving player. But at the end, with
the opposition needing only one goal to go through and your defence cracking
against two tall centre-forwards then it is nice to be able to bring on a
tall defender. Which, even to the thickest, must have an effect on the game's
outcome.

>>and they only needed two-more to equal the scores. Not an impossibility as it
>>turned out. Therefore to say that Stuttgart thought it was just a matter of
>>turning up to get through is incorrect. 
> 
>   To suggest that anyone said that Stuttgart thought it was just a matter of
>  turning up to get through is incorrect.

Someone implied this earlier.

> 
>>>>      Also, 2 of their foreigners were only substitutes, hardly key players
>>>>  good enough to command a place in the first-choice team.
> 
>>A key substitution at a vital point in the match can work wonders. You may wish
>>to start the match with a traditional team but in the last ten/fifteen minutes
>>pack the defence (or attack) by bringing on an extra key player.
> 
>        If you think it is a good idea to put your key players on the
>   substitute's bench, whilst the donkeys are out on the field, then ....
>   well, you probably ought to be the England manager.
> 
>   Regards, Steve.

Steve, as you well know a match can turn in the space of five minutes.
Different players play different roles and if it turns out that your defence is
not standing up as well as you originally though then it is nice to be able to
pack it at the end. If you remember, Stuttgart did exactly that. i was not
saying that they originally put on a naff defeneder in favour of a better one.
they took off a midfielder/forward attacker from what I recall and brought on
an extra defender. I also never said they were donkeys. And I don't want to be
bloody England Manager either. I'm just happy being a Leeds fan cos we're
through.

Nyer, nyer, nyer, nyer, nyer (for all those who listened to Danny Baker's 6-0-6
show).

Stuart