I didn’t have any real issue with the substitutions on Saturday.

Personally, I would have taken Drummond off, first, at half time, rather than Kavanagh. But there wasn’t much in it. Neither had made any significant contribution during the first half.

Pett coming on subsequently made sense because we were outnumbered in the middle of the park, with neither of our wingers contributing anything useful.

And, might be my imagination, but I suspected at the time that withdrawing both Fawunmi and Fondop had as much to do with both of them being over wound up - and not wanting to risk us going down to nine - as it was because they were knackered.

It was hardly Tuchel at the World Cup, where at one point England had a back 6. MM only brought on one substitute defender to replace the one sent off.

The attitude and mindset of the team during the first 15 minutes or so of the second half - up to the point that Colchester equalised was what was wrong. From 1-1 the remainder of the game played out much as might be expected for 10 v 11.