Comments on: The Sweeper: Fans to Blame for Megson Departure? http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/31/the-sweeper-fans-to-blame-for-megson-departure/ A soccer blog featuring essays, news and photography exploring soccer around the world Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:48:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tim Vickerman http://pitchinvasion.net/blog/2009/12/31/the-sweeper-fans-to-blame-for-megson-departure/comment-page-1/#comment-19565 Tim Vickerman Fri, 01 Jan 2010 14:01:33 +0000 http://pitchinvasion.net/?p=6045#comment-19565 He claimed to have made a similar move successfully in the 1-1 draw at Burnley on Boxing Day, when in fact the withdrawal of Klasnic and another attacker, Lee Chung-Yong, were major factors in losing the initiative in that match. I'm afraid that's incorrect. He said he made a similar substitution of Klasnic with a defensive player in the home game against West Ham when they were leading 2-1 and went on to win that game 3-1. He claimed to have made a similar move successfully in the 1-1 draw at Burnley on Boxing Day, when in fact the withdrawal of Klasnic and another attacker, Lee Chung-Yong, were major factors in losing the initiative in that match.

I’m afraid that’s incorrect. He said he made a similar substitution of Klasnic with a defensive player in the home game against West Ham when they were leading 2-1 and went on to win that game 3-1.

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