His subs were perfect for me.
Firstly on Whelan, he had a bit of a wobble in the second half where he almost dropped a few clangers but he is essential to our midfield now. The only person who could potentially have come on for him would have been Lansbury but how fit is he?
On the substitutions. I was calling for Onomah to go off around the 65 minute mark, not because he was bad, he was excellent in fact, but because I felt we needed to go with a defensive midfielder to see out the game. Bruce did exactly that but it was Snodgrass instead of Onomah. No problems with that one.
De Laet on the right was again a good decision. A defensive minded player who is absolutely rapid does two things, Shores up the defence, but also gets their full backs worrying about him getting in behind. Clever substitution.
Finally Bjarnasson does exactly the same on the other side. Fresh set of legs, good energy and decent ability to see out the game.
I do wonder if Bruce will ever win when people hold opinions like this. As much as it pains some people to admit Bruce got everything right today except maybe going with a bit more creativity to start the game but that is me being ultra picky.
Enjoy the result you miserable gits.