Tetteys Jig 851 Posted March 10, 2013 In light of all the negativity with our rubbish goalscoring form at the moment, on the other side of the coin, i can''t remember our defence ever being this strong.Down to our second choice keeper and arguably our second choice right back, our defence looks immense, with Johnson marshalling well in front.Bassong and Turner look every bit top premiership defenders. Hopefully we can get that 1 or 2 wins needed sooner rather than later and then relax, see how high up we can finish again and spend the summer attracting some exciting attacking talent to add to the work rate. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yobocop 1,444 Posted March 10, 2013 Have to agree with this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
York Canary 29 Posted March 10, 2013 Strongest in a long time for sure. Building the team from the back was sensible. Just need to add in the middle and top now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
technika 0 Posted March 10, 2013 only because the rest of the team are camped back in our own half with them for most of the game Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zak Van Burger 0 Posted March 10, 2013 [quote user="technika"]Despite the rest of the team being camped back in our own half with them for most of the game[/quote]It would actually be easier to defend if the ball were being held in the oppo half more. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Graham Paddons Beard 2,789 Posted March 10, 2013 Ever? We have had some great defences in our time. Mid-eighties through to mid nineties, we had some outstanding defenders - Bruce Watson Culverhouse Spearing Bowen Linigan Butterworth Polston Newsome, all top class players. The team that won promotion to Div one in 1972 had Butler Payne Forbes, who were decent too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cityislife 0 Posted March 10, 2013 Missing pace for my liking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mungo Bumpkin 0 Posted March 10, 2013 Spearing !!!!!????? Surely some of joke. He was useless! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJL Mid-Norfolk Canary 2,035 Posted March 10, 2013 id say it is ,certainly at this level (special mention to Green,Edworthy,Fleming,Mackay,Drury in 2003/4) since probably the 1988/9 season - Gunn,Culverhouse,Bowen,Linighan,Butterworth. ....Bassong would have to be a contender for one of our best central defenders since Bruce and Watson? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Citizen Journalist Foghorn 0 Posted March 10, 2013 The players look very strong this year. Whittaker/Martin, Bassong, Turner and Garrido are all an improvement. And Tettey is an improvement on BJ.We now play a cautious defensive game with far better standard of defensive players. Bizarrely the goals conceded is only one less than from the same number of games last season! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highland Canary 78 Posted March 10, 2013 I don''t have the history of many on this board, only back to the early 70s, but I''d probably go for the Bruce/Watson partnership. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
