Trevor B
12:54 Fri Jul 14
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"I've lost faith that he wants to do it."
you mean because he has publicly said many times that he doesnt want to play in defence? what a revelation!
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Alex V
12:53 Fri Jul 14
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>>> Would I be right on thinking your centre back pairing would be Kouyate and someone like Declan Rice, V?
I still think Kouyate would be our best centre-back, but I've lost faith that he wants to do it. He seems to want to be a midfielder. Declan Rice I know little about but I liked his short cameo. Reece Burke should be in and around the first team imo.
I would have tried to sell two of our senior centre-backs to be replaced by a new signing + Burke and the other youngsters. Maguire for £11m seems like good business to me. Interested to see how much Gibson goes for.
Sticking largely with a defence that was terrible last season seems like a bad strategy to me. I hope they improve of course.
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peachy75
12:46 Fri Jul 14
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I agree justin looks our best defence in years. I would put masuaka in front of Cresswell. Also agree on the cover i dont recall us having a decent back up for each position.
If we manage to get hart with city paying half his wages and get a few million on either Randy or Adrian then its a real good bit of business by our chairman.
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Trevor B
12:43 Fri Jul 14
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He'd probably want to bring jordan spence back.
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Lee Trundle
12:43 Fri Jul 14
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Would I be right on thinking your centre back pairing would be Kouyate and someone like Declan Rice, V?
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Alex V
12:38 Fri Jul 14
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>>> Reid is quality and always missed when injured.
Which is too often.
I think he's just ok. A good backs-to-the-wall kind of player - every squad needs one of those.
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Vexed
12:37 Fri Jul 14
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dealcanvey 12:20 Fri Jul 14
I think we'll definitely start with a back four, which is positive because we didn't create much when we went to three CBs. Depends if Zabaleta is up to it or not.
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Robson
12:33 Fri Jul 14
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I know - grammatical errors from NS... what's going on?
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Troy McClure
12:31 Fri Jul 14
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Reid is quality and always missed when injured.
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logo
12:28 Fri Jul 14
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I can believe I'm reading some of these replies.
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Northern Sold
12:26 Fri Jul 14
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Not if it’s the Hart from the last couple of season’s….
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grasshopper
12:24 Fri Jul 14
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Maybe - but we have not had a decent defence for years
Zabaleta - old and past it
Ogbonna - ok
Cresswell - not the same after the injury
Reid - midtable centerback
I would like to have seen oxford play this season
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dealcanvey
12:20 Fri Jul 14
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I think we will be playing with 3 cbs next season. It seems to suit us better.
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Trevor B
12:18 Fri Jul 14
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ag ag ag
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ooooh Morley Morley
12:17 Fri Jul 14
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I'd start Byram, the kid can only get better.
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ironsofcanada
12:16 Fri Jul 14
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Never would have predicted the last two posts.
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Vexed
12:15 Fri Jul 14
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Not really. I think Zabaleta will get shown up next season, he's just too old and slow.
Well be looking for another right back this time next year.
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Alex V
12:11 Fri Jul 14
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Four out of five have question marks over their recent form. A lot to prove imo.
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Trevor B
12:06 Fri Jul 14
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Personally I think Masuaku ha shown better recent form that Cresswell, but with either it's still a very decent back five, you're right!
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