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if a substitute is allowed it should be allowed for ANY reason, tactical or injury. simple as that.
not quite - interchange means you can come and go. substitution means you are taken out of the game and cannot return. like what was trialled in the pre-season cup this year.Wouldn't that just make them an interchange?
Injuries are part of the game and thats what the interchange used to be for anyway.
The problem is that that is not how they are used anymore.
The gradual evolution of the interchange bench has fundamentally changed the way that the game is played, and moved too much power to the coaches box. The coaches love the fact that they now have more control over rotations and match-ups.
If you look at the modern game it is a constant mass of players that moves up and down the ground. This is only sustainable with the modern interchange bench allowing all players to get a breather.
Rugby league has moved back from an unlimited interchange bench for the same reasons that we should look at doing this: it has reduced injuries, and slows the game down, allowing more space for players to show off their skills.
I would much prefer the number of interchange players to be reduced, with the addition of substitutions that can be used as required. Something like a 2/4 intechange/substitution split should bring things back to how they were in the 80s.
I cant understand why you would want clubs to drop off in zone like tactics anyway as it keeps the ball moving for a team who zone well as opposed to just kicking it to a pack of players which often creates scrappy football with the chances of too many stoppages and ball upsThats the point I was getting at.
If the interchange was capped, say at 10 a half, we may see a drop off in the 'zone' like tactics that a lot of clubs use as the players would not be able to run as hard for as long.
Fitness would be a weapon rather than players comming off the bench in spurts of 5 and 6 minutes.
There is no reason for a substitution player in afl - theres a bench for this.
But.... if a substitution player was allowed, it would have to be a player, not players. That would rule out the chance of bringing on a defender if another defender was getting a bath
Whats next? Timeouts? Red Cards?