Binky 0 Posted January 12, 2009 1. Drury is a betterdefender than Bertrand – and Bertrand is off form at the moment.2. By playing Druryhe cannot play Lappin at left back; Lappin is NOT a great left back3. By playing Lappinin his proper position of left midfield we might get some decent crosses intothe box (something that was missing on Saturday) especially from corners andset pieces.4. Both players are experienced full time City players who have alot to prove – and boy, does Roeder need players like that at the moment.5. Lappin’s situationhas been done to death on this message board recently – but at the very leastRoeder might get him off the books until the end of the season. If he played reallywell we would of course accept Roeder’s explanation that it was a “one off” butthere’s a half chance someone might come in for him on terms acceptable to allparties. If he played badly Pattison could easily cover as sub.6. Even if I am wrongabout the merits of these players; we need to avoid injuries over the nextcouple of months at all costs and surely it is better to risk these peripheralplayers in the Cup than the likes of Fotheringham, Betrand, and Pattison whom Roederclearly sees as key to our survival in the league?On the other hand he could just name both players as substitutes(he may need numbers on the bench) but refuse to use Drury (unless Bertrandtakes a bad knock) and Lappin (unless there’s no-one else left) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canary cherub 1 Posted January 12, 2009 On Canary Call on Saturday the subject of loan clubs putting pressure on us to pick their players reared its head again.Can''t prove it of course but I can''t think of any other explanation for some of Roeder''s team selections. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted January 12, 2009 Your number 6 just to let you know, he only plays Fozzy when he has too (i.e saturday when Patty and Rusty where unavalible) He will not play Lappin, He also likes Bertrand too much to drop him, i would love to see Drury and Lappin playing, but it aint gunna happen (mabey Drury, but not Lappin) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites