The job of a manager is to not be needed. If you're needed you're not managingCurious if John’s absence affected our post play at all those first couple of games. He’s generally the one working with them so would have been strange to have him in practice every day and then not for the game. It’s always helpful to hear the same phrases from practice in the heat of the game. I think he makes some of the post substitution decisions as well so we might have seen a bit of a different lineup at times.