Snowball
And yet for years people on here were saying that Shane Long only got his goals AS A SUB
because he was coming on fresh against tired players... and this season all Church's goals are
as a sub. As a starter he has drawn a blank.
Kind've disagrees with the above doesn't it?
And yet in many pubs in many places many people did not say this. Kind OF unsubstantiated, I would'VE said.
I don't think many people would ever say Shane Long was only able to score off the bench. Lots of people had a problem with him coming on as well as when he started! True he played a great role as an impact player due to his pace. But your post says it can be an advantage to come of the bench. This actually agrees with my point that advantage or disadvantage, sub appearances can't really be compared with starts.
I mean Elwood 18 (0) - the (0) is totally unnecessary and confusing to people whose football isn't all statistics websites and management games. In the case of Henderson or Long in previous seasons, the sheer number of sub appearances meant it was necessary to point them out. But if someone has made a handful of sub appearances theres really no point in adding them in. They may never have touched the ball!
