"Mistakes" only matter if they hurt. In fact if they don't trip you up, then it's debateable whether or not they were even a mistake at all. Win 3-0 on Thursday and any debates about "mistakes", "Sturridge", "away goals" and all that stuff are consigned to the dustbin. If we win 2-1 though, the debate such as it is will no doubt rage on.
My personal feeling was it was understandable to field the team we did in the first place. Once though it became apparent that we were plenty good enough to score a goal, and that Firmino was having one of his "off" days, I would have brought a striker on. Now I know I'm in a minority of one when I say I'd have had no complaints were it Sturridge OR Benteke, but I would certainly have brought one or the other on.
Now obviously that doesn't mean I'm sharpening a knife for Jürgen, nor does it mean I think I know more about football than him. Neither obviously does it mean either of our proper strikers actually would have scored a goal, nobody can be sure about that. It's just that in my opinion it would have been more likely.
Now obviously we all hope Thursdays result renders the whole thing irrelevant in any case. I must say though that I'm surprised some posters are attempting to drown out people's opinions on such things by shouting them down, calling them impatient, whingers or inviting them to study history. It's hardly beating Jürgen up to suggest we might have been better off playing a real striker.
Hopefully the forum doesn't get all silly to the point where the thought police shut down all opinions which differ from their own. I'll be giving it a wide berth if it does (so there's encouragement for everyone to make it exactly like that I guess!).
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