Originally Posted by
Ian Gibson's pencil
IT was a quite simple tactical solution actually. Noone was getting tired and was having little joy up against Malone. Malone was becoming quite influential in their attacking play during the last ten minutes.
The decision to switch Harris to that side with his extra pace limited Malone's opportunities to maurade forwards. Declan gave us balance on the left hand side and he could provide extra defensive cover against Fredicks.
In fairness he nearly, and possibly should have, won us the game. Then it would have been an inspired substitution. Warnock would have been hailed as a genius but for the width of a post.