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In terms of concussion substitutes and semi-automated offside technology, they will only be discussion points during the Ifab meeting in Doha. The amount of guys I see standing at the side of the pitch at youth games is incredible. I don't know where they are going to get their opportunities. We're losing so many players by not playing games of football, it's frightening. Kids will just get fed up not playing. There's too many of them sitting on the bench. All five of midfielder Scott Arfield's league goals in his last season at Rangers came from the bench. Meanwhile, Israel winger Liel Abada netted four league goals as a substitute and he was also among the replacements when he notched Celtic's second in the Scottish Cup final win against Inverness Caledonian Thistle. 360% rise in use of five subs Substitutes in association football have been around since the nineteenth century - but only initially for players who failed to turn up! At a shareholder meeting of all 20 Premier League clubs, it was also confirmed that this summer's transfer window will open on 10 June and will close at 23:00 BST on 1 September, in line with other European leagues.
The lowest amount of goals scored by substitutes in a campaign in the past 18 top-flight seasons was 49 in 2008-09 (9% of all goals) and 2018-19 (8% of all goals). A former professional footballer in the United States, turned business professor, has a theory that links the effectiveness of substitutions to their timings. external-link
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Five players come on for Manchester United in the 80th minute of their match against Sheffield United. Photograph: Michael Steele/AFP/Getty Images
At United, Sir Alex Ferguson found in Ole Gunnar Solskjaer a player who thrived coming into a match as the opposition defenders grew weary and space opened up. He has since found another.
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Friday's Championship fixture between Coventry and Birmingham will be the first match under the new rules. Teams used five or more subs in a game 176 times in the season just finished - up from 48 in the previous campaign and 70 in 2020-21. There have since been calls, led by Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp and Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola, to make the alteration in the English top flight too. If that team continues to trail, the assistant professor at Villanova Business School adds that a second change must come before the 73rd minute. If that hasn't worked, a third and final change should be made before the 79th minute.