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Super sub ... Reading's Adam Le Fondre. Source:AAP
There are worse monikers to wear than 'super sub'. And although Reading's Adam Le Fondre wants to make a name for himself as a 90 minute player, he's been creating more than enough headlines for his late heroics in recent weeks.
Two match-winning performances by The Royals' No.9 has seen late, late drama for the relegation battlers against big-name opposition. Le Fondre scored twice after 87 minutes to steal a draw against Chelsea on Thursday morning (EDT), to back up his six-minute brace against Newcastle United off the bench earlier this month.
These late cameos are doing the 26-year-old no harm as he tries to show he can bring his goal scoring pedigree from the lower division to the Barclays Premier League.
"I have a role to play in the team and I have to accept it. That's how it is at the moment, but obviously I want to start games every week," Le Fondre said after the Newcastle game.
"I have to bide my time because we are playing a different formation. I've just got to wait and take my chance when it comes. Hopefully playing like this will get me another start."
Whether he wants the mantle or not, there's no doubt about the need for a vital injection off the bench. And haven't we seen some great ones through the years?
Ole Gunner Solskjaer – Sir Alex Ferguson's 'Baby Faced Assassin' from a decade ago – is the most famous the league has seen. The Norwegian striker sat behind the likes of Andy Cole, Dwight Yorke, Teddy Sheringham and Ruud van Nistelrooy in the pecking order. But he played his part, too, most famously in the 1999 UEFA Champions League final against Bayern Munich. Indeed, 29 of his 126 goals coming off the pine.
Another Norwegian, Tore Andre Flo, also carved his niche as a famous super sub, scoring 13 times in 69 appearances for Chelsea off the bench.
The original super sub was Liverpool's David Fairclough, who scored 55 goals for Liverpool from 1973-1983, with 18 of them coming off the bench - 21 in the final quarter.
Australia's most famous moment off the bench is Tim Cahill, who scored twice as Australia beat Japan 3-1 in Kaiserslauten in 2006, and current rivals for the super sub title in the EPL include Javier Hernandez and Edin Dzeko.
Just don't tell Manchester City striker Dzeko.
"I will never be a super-sub, I want to play," he said after scoring twice off the bench against West Brom earlier this season.
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