Jim Smith 2,317 Posted July 23, 2012 The Hoot has now had 2 weeks in which to assess the squad, including the week in Austria and the friendly on saturday. Whilst i''ve been a bit nervous at our lack of transfer activity so far I''ve not really been that concerned on the basis that it makes sense for him to properly assess the squad first. And, in my view, what that assessment will have shown him is that we are fine going forward and have goals in us but defensively we need to tighten up and we are in need to strenthening. In particular, that first half defence on saturday looked awful. Now we are back we need to stop messing about and get on with things therefore i hope and expect to see us bring in a centre back (preferably with pace), a left back and the Snod in the next week/ten days. If we don;t start to see things happening this week then i will start to get slightly worried. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AndyCanary 0 Posted July 23, 2012 I was interested to see CH play Lappin on the left against HB. Do you think he''s trying to suss out if SL is suitable cover for Tierney? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lake district canary 0 Posted July 23, 2012 [quote user="AndyCanary"]I was interested to see CH play Lappin on the left against HB. Do you think he''s trying to suss out if SL is suitable cover for Tierney?[/quote] Given that Lappin is the only possible cover for Tierney, you must be correct. It also implies of course, that this will be the way of things if a suitable left back covering player is not found in the transfer market. We may look a little short of cover, but we do have good defenders in the squad and Whittaker is reportedly able to play anywhere in the defence, so we should be ok. We should let Hughton judge for himself what he sees and hopefully he will sort them out and get cover if he thinks we need it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sephiroth Owa 0 Posted July 23, 2012 To be honest, we didn''t lose a game where Lapping played in the league last season :)He looked pretty solid in all 3 games. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ncfcstar 289 Posted July 23, 2012 [quote user="Sephiroth Owa"]To be honest, we didn''t lose a game where Lapping played in the league last season :)He looked pretty solid in all 3 games.[/quote]He didn''t look solid at Loftus Road, and was taken off at half time. I know it was slightly different circumstances due to Barton''s dismissal.We could improve on Lappin quite a lot, in my opinion he is someone who should be shipped out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Branston Pickle 3,652 Posted July 23, 2012 I don''t quite get the Lappin thing - good guy he might be, but PL quality he isn''t. If we were ranking our squad players in order, he would surely be at or near the bottom for all of us. IMO it is those 2-3 guys at the bottom who we should look to sell and replace (along with restoring the squad for those released) if we are to improve as an entire unit. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Joanna Grey 0 Posted July 23, 2012 Blow me down! Who would have expected to see yet another "our defence needs strengthening" thread.SDP - can you not merge all of the existing ones? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CambridgeCanary 0 Posted July 23, 2012 I suspect even SDP haas lost the will to live over this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Phillip J Fry 0 Posted July 23, 2012 Yes, swooping is bad.(I doubt anyone will get the reference, if you do good to know of a fellow Bioware fan on this forum.) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Unhinged Canary 375 Posted July 24, 2012 [quote user="Gareth"]Yes, swooping is bad.(I doubt anyone will get the reference, if you do good to know of a fellow Bioware fan on this forum.)[/quote]God bless Alistair...... [Y] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
whoareyou? 0 Posted July 24, 2012 [quote user="ncfcstar"][quote user="Sephiroth Owa"]To be honest, we didn''t lose a game where Lapping played in the league last season :)He looked pretty solid in all 3 games.[/quote]He didn''t look solid at Loftus Road, and was taken off at half time. I know it was slightly different circumstances due to Barton''s dismissal.We could improve on Lappin quite a lot, in my opinion he is someone who should be shipped out.[/quote]He didn''t look solid against Wolves either and was also taken off at half time after Kightly gave him the run around for 45 minutes.Top guy? - Yes.Premier League Player? - Not anywhere near. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites