davids wrote:Last year our defence was excellent, the rock on which our promotion was built.
But this year they have been found seriously wanting and it's costing us big time. We all know the struggles we are having up front but it's almost as bad at the back.
Only two clean sheets in eleven games against two of the worst teams in the division (one of whom played for 30 mins with ten men, the other of whom missed a penalty!) means that we have a real problem at the back.
I excuse Etheridge as he's been generally excellent apart from some of his kicking.
Bruno is NOT a right back. Even Stevie Wonder could see that but Warnock insists on playing him there. He is caught out of position so often and yet again the goal today originated down his side of the field. I'm a Bruno fan but he has to be played at Centre half. It seems that everybody with the exception of the management could see that we needed a quality right back in the summer and the lack of one is now costing us.
Morrison and Bamba were magnificent in the Championship but both are struggling badly in the PL. Morrison's lack of pace is being exposed more often and he's certainly not as dominant in the air as last season. Sol has struggled against better quality players but still gives it 100% every game.
I know many on here like Bennett but to me he's a liability. Always seems to be out of position - seems to be constantly on the edge of the box when the ball is played out to a winger who then has a clear run at him. Lacks awareness of what's going on around him as seen today when he lost their player who scored the goal.
It may seem extreme but for me if we are going to have a realistic chance of staying up we need two new full backs and a new centre half to play with Bruno come January.
Either that or the players we have are going to have to improve dramatically and stop leaking goals at the current rate and though their effort can't be faulted, do they have the ability to do so?
actionman wrote:I always remember what a villa fan said on our forum when we were on about going up he said be careful what you wish for.he said it’s not nice getting beat regularly and was enjoying the wins in the championship
actionman wrote:I always remember what a villa fan said on our forum when we were on about going up he said be careful what you wish for.he said it’s not nice getting beat regularly and was enjoying the wins in the championship
Cardiff dyskinesia wrote:What’s going on with Jazz Richards? Is he injured again?
northernbluebird wrote:morrison and bennett are good enough to not need replacements. manga can play centre back but not right back. we need a right back anyway. bennett is not bulletproof in defence but his passing game is decent and he can put in a decent cross.
bamba is popular and tries hard, but lacks discipline and is highly prone to lapses in concentration. he has cost us on so many occasions this season.
the lack of goals is also a huge concern, but if funds are tight, it is much cheaper to remedy a dodgy defence at the price and quality bracket we would be shopping in.
a decent striker would cost at least £10-15m.
TopCat CCFC wrote:There are enough defenders in this squad to sort out the problem ... or do we need to get new faces in ???
Most on here are saying we need a striker of forward minded players - since we started this season .
TopCat CCFC wrote:There are enough defenders in this squad to sort out the problem ... or do we need to get new faces in ???
Most on here are saying we need a striker of forward minded players - since we started this season .
Cardiff dyskinesia wrote:What’s going on with Jazz Richards? Is he injured again?
City Slicker wrote:TopCat CCFC wrote:There are enough defenders in this squad to sort out the problem ... or do we need to get new faces in ???
Most on here are saying we need a striker of forward minded players - since we started this season .
Quantity over quality! Doesn't work at this level.
City Slicker wrote:northernbluebird wrote:morrison and bennett are good enough to not need replacements. manga can play centre back but not right back. we need a right back anyway. bennett is not bulletproof in defence but his passing game is decent and he can put in a decent cross.
bamba is popular and tries hard, but lacks discipline and is highly prone to lapses in concentration. he has cost us on so many occasions this season.
the lack of goals is also a huge concern, but if funds are tight, it is much cheaper to remedy a dodgy defence at the price and quality bracket we would be shopping in.
a decent striker would cost at least £10-15m.
And £10-15m is probably £15-20m in January. It would have been better value to have spent that first as last in the summer. For any club that has serious ambitions of staying in the Premier it's just the going rate.
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