Justin P 12:02 Fri Jul 14
Is this potentially the stongest back 5 in years?
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Hart Zabaleta Reid Ogbonna Cresswell
Good cover as well
Adrian Byram Fonte Collins Masuaku
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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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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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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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ironsofcanada
12:16 Fri Jul 14
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Never would have predicted the last two posts.
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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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Trevor B
12:18 Fri Jul 14
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ag ag ag
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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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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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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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12:28 Fri Jul 14
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I can believe I'm reading some of these replies.
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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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Robson
12:33 Fri Jul 14
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I know - grammatical errors from NS... what's going on?
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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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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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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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Trevor B
12:43 Fri Jul 14
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He'd probably want to bring jordan spence back.
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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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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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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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Fifth Column
12:59 Fri Jul 14
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As others have said, if we were to get Hart on loan and sell Adrian then I think it's a big risk... what if we then lose Hart at end of season... then we have to spend money on an Adrian replacement which will almost certainly cost more than we'd get for selling him now.
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