The League Paper

FIVE SUBS A GAME MUCH BETTER THAN SIX MONTHS OF DROSS

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The LeaguePaper Team
22 November 2020

NOBODY wants to see five substitutions in a game but, for one extraordinary season, it is the only sensible course of action.
So what if players in your grandad’s day turned out every day for three years and played on with two broken legs?

Kids used to work down mines and up chimneys. Just because you can do something doesn’t mean you should.
Football isn’t about endurance. It’s about entertainment. And if you increase the prevalence of injury and fatigue then the spectacle will suffer. As anybody who has watched the Championship this season will testify, ...

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