da 888casino： This article is part of Football FanCast’s Off the Bench series, which places in-game managerial decisions and squad selections under FFC’s microscope.
da fazobetai： Sheffield Wednesday made it four games unbeaten with a draw at Derby County, but it could have been so much better.
Snapshot
The Owls were pegged back late on by the Rams having opened the scoring early in the first half when Barry Bannan pounced on a defensive mistake to tee up striker Steven Fletcher.
He hit it first time around the home goalkeeper to hand Wednesday the lead.
Eight minutes from time, a moment of madness from Moses Odubajo handed Derby a chance to tie things up as he brought down Jack Marriott inside the penalty box.
Chris Martin duly stepped up to convert the spot-kick with the Owls right-back being sent off for another challenge several minutes later.
Off the Bench
Garry Monk made an array of changes between the 60th and 80th minute which could have been the cause of their downfall, but it has been a recurring theme during his tenure as Wednesday boss.
The 40-year-old seemingly parked the bus despite only holding a one-goal lead by withdrawing dangerman Kadeem Harris, throwing on Atdhe Nuhiu and removing their top scorer Fletcher for a central midfielder.
His continued persistence to sit back only invited pressure on the visitors as Derby racked up six shots compared to the Owls’ two during the above timeframe.
It’s a huge throw of the dice to trust your team enough with just a one-goal advantage.
The same happened at West Brom. The same happened against Leeds.
‘A 2-0 lead is the worst kind of lead‘ is an old adage phrase in football, but at least there’s the comfort of having two chances to hold out for some form of points.
Instead, if he went for it, there would have been a good chance of actually grabbing that second goal which would have all but guaranteed three points at Pride Park.
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