R. Ward was never going to play after Moon's sending off and I can understand why - defensive strength had to (and did) take priority over attacking creativity. Ward may have offered fresh legs and thus more possibilities on attack to Aiton had he come on for a while, but similarly would have made us more vulnerable in defence.

B McD couldn't have known Moon would have been sent off (and therefore did not cover this in the subs he had chosen). Had he known, I've no doubt Kirke would have been on the bench instead of Singleton, and had Kirke been on the bench, he would have been brought on and we wouldn't be having the discussion of 'why were 2 subs unused?' - only Robbie Ward would have been unused.

In a situation like Friday, the manager probably preferred tired players he felt he could trust defensively, rather than fresh players who he did not feel he could completely trust.

In continuation of my upward trend in appreciation of Kirke this last week, I do think had he been on the bench we would have stood a bit better chance of winning on Friday. Oh well.