simmo_2 6 Posted September 2, 2015 The manager would have to drop the captain and that will never happen. We lacked leadership on the field Sunday. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steelsilver 0 Posted September 2, 2015 not much of a captain on sunday then since he was playing Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ruthers1 0 Posted September 2, 2015 "We lacked leadership on the field Sunday"Why single Sunday out? There''s never any leadership or communication on the pitch - apart from the odd falling out between players of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simmo_2 6 Posted September 2, 2015 [quote user="ruthers1"]"We lacked leadership on the field Sunday"Why single Sunday out? There''s never any leadership or communication on the pitch - apart from the odd falling out between players of course.[/quote]I totally agree, I think it stood out a lot more on Sunday when we went down to 10 men. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cerberus 0 Posted September 2, 2015 Gary O''Neil is excellent captain material. An intelligent experienced pro that AN is able to communicate with and trust during matches. The only problem is that he isn''t as good as our other options in CM. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
simmo_2 6 Posted September 2, 2015 [quote user="Cerberus"]Gary O''Neil is excellent captain material. An intelligent experienced pro that AN is able to communicate with and trust during matches. The only problem is that he isn''t as good as our other options in CM.[/quote]I agree, that''s why he sends him on to close a match out. The one wearing the armband has enough on his plate keeping his place in the team Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Steelsilver 0 Posted September 2, 2015 the real reason why we never bought CB''s is AN wants to play all out attack.. 2-5-3 formation..and since out def is shyte this wouldn''t make much difference to the goal against ratio Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Peanuts 150 Posted September 2, 2015 I''m not sure we were ever in the market for a direct replacement for Martin. Whatever people think about him he and Bassong have an established partnership now and I can''t see AN wanting to disrupt that by parachuting someone straight in.What we do need however is someone who can push both Martin and Bassong and challenge them to keep performing or risk losing their place and as much as I like Ryan Bennett, he''s not doing that right now. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Barclay seats 4849 the 3rd 0 Posted September 2, 2015 How do you know what Ryan Bennet is doing ? I am starting to believe too that Whittaker and Martin seem to be " first" choice for other reasons than that they are the best players . No new Cb is the most depressing thing about this window . Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
channonswindmill 0 Posted September 2, 2015 Martin and Bassong might be established but they are simply not good enough. Bassong needed a new CB partner with pace and strength in the air; Martin has neither and this alone will do us this season. God forbid if it came down to gosl difference at the end, because I fear for us when we play the big boys, considering the way we are shipping goals at present. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nexus_Canary 1,016 Posted September 2, 2015 Wow.....We lost on saturday because Whit''s got sent off for two stupid fouls. Then we conceeded before halftime, game over.I will conceed that Martin is not the best CB ever seen but blaming things on a lack of leadership is stupid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
York Canary 28 Posted September 3, 2015 Well seemingly we had bids rejected for 3 centre backs, 2 of which were supposed to be around £10m so if this is true then AN was obviously looking to add improvements rather than backup Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
norfolkbroadslim 223 Posted September 3, 2015 And if AN had succeeded with his multi-million pounds bids for a defender, who would have been dropped? Because let''s face it, we aren''t going to sign a CB for £10m with the main purpose being for them to warm the bench..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites