
Originally Posted by
Phil E
That's incorrect. You have to note if a player has been interchanged for injury or tactical. Sometimes its obvious, no mater what the coach tells you.
The concept of Replacements and Substitutes is redundant with Interchanges (even thought the words are still used they don't have the original meaning).
An interchange can be made for an injured player who can come back on again later. Only if he has been interchanged twice for injury does he have to stay off.
Regulation 13, Appendix 2
A Player who is previously injured in the match may return to play as a
Player Interchange provided the Player is fit to continue playing in the
match save that a Player who suffers two injuries in a match which has
necessitated that Player being replaced on each occasion is not permitted
to act as a replacement following the second injury.
good post, thanks. Yes I had forgotten about the 'twice' rule.
Yes - sometimes it's obvious. But those obvious ones don't cause a problem as those guys never try to come back on again anyway
Other times, like the example I give, coaches cough up the real reason inadvertently
But in general terms- when a player goes off if you ask the coach he will always keep his options open and says it's tactical.