Boss Paul Jewell says he takes an ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix’ approach to using substitutes. The new Town manager has kept all of his subs on the bench throughout the side’s last two league games in stark contract to his predecessor Roy Keane who almost always utilised all three.
Jewell said: "I go back to my Liverpool days when there was only one sub and they used to say you pick what you think is your best team. First there were three subs, then five, now there’s seven and you can almost have too much choice.
"I remember when I was manager of Bradford once and we were playing Sheffield United and after 10 minutes this guy behind the dugout wanted me to get Lee Mills off, Darren Moore, Robbie Blake and John Dreyer, and I only had three subs!
"It’s too easy at times to make those decisions. I think if it’s working, sometimes just let it be and not rush into things.
"Sometimes it’s harder not to make changes because people want you to make changes and it’s easy to react to certain situations. I’ll use subs if and when I think they’re relevant.”