Bojan KantKick
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I guess the counter argument to that is that Norwich would be replacing their 5 players with inferior players whereas City would be replacing theirs with players of a similar standard. Therefore the gulf in class between the 2 teams has increased.That's what I was saying in my first post about it. England had 85% possession against San Marino. The SM players were buggered from chasing the ball and started going down with cramp. But they could change half the team to counter that. England made substitutions from their better squad but it was to give some squad players a run after the game was won. It's probably an extreme example.
But Man City v Norwich might be similar. Man City could have easily run out the game with the 11 they selected. Norwich swapped players who were getting the run around. With 5 subs they might have reduced Man City's dominance in the 2nd half.