Originally Posted by
Eric the Half a Bee
Manga was a last throw of the dice out of desperation as we didn't have any other strikers. I think he felt Harris would make a decent wing back due to his pace, so I can just about understand that. Slade was generally a like-for-like substitution man, rarely would he give something different a go even when things weren't working.
As for Slade's footballing brain, stick to 4-4-2, regardless of whether it works or not. Trollope arguably overthought things, a bit like Solskjaer.