15 Sep 2018 15:03:04
Last nights game was disappointing, when teams attack our defenders and put pressure on the midfield we lack the strength to battle. Ntcham was foolish and this is not the fist game he has gone missing away from home. He is a young man and will undoubtable improve but right now I would not play him in away games.
It was clear we were crying out for individuallity. P Roberts could have made just such a difference. When the opposition midfield play as compact as this we need a spark or something really creative to open them up.
Lets hope Morgan, Arzani, Johnson or a first season Sinclair can provide just that this season.
I would love to have seen what Malumbo could have done last night and had Ntcahm not been sent off I believe he may have come on at half time.
I also believe when Jack Hendry returns fully fit he could play right back remmeber he has not been fit all season.
16 Sep 2018 10:00:09
Having failed to bring in a quality right back we are now forced to play makerubbish defence with players out if position.
It's unfair to any CB to ask them to play that position and they will get criticised if they get caught not bring up to it.
I don't think Hendry is anywhere near good enough for his natural position never mind being up to being RB. We will be vulnerable on that flank, especially in the EL, but also at home and having no one we feel truly confident in is a shambles of planning.
I feel sorry for young Hendry, he shoukd never have been bought, but to play him at RB could break him if he costs us games. That won't be his fault as he is only going to get a game there due to the abject failure of Lawell in getting in anybody. A last day scramble to get a loan in shows how pathetic our window was.
Nobody in our younger ranks to step up is also a worry, or should be. We produce next to nothing from the academy so hopefully in January we get this sorted along with replacements for Boyata and Ntcham who to my mind want away.
And if anybody thinks Lawell will do that, may I suggest they let the rest of us in on what they are smoking?