Quote Originally Posted by Eric the Half a Bee View Post
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.
Trollope sticked to his 5-3-2 in many games where it clearly wasn't working. He had to change to a 4-5-1 as we were losing every week. Slade realised the side had no pace and no goals, so he found a way to win in a way that the team were comfortable with. Trollope took us backwards. Sorry, this Trollope love in is ridiculous in my opinion.