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He may meet your full international with 100+ premier league appearances expectations but in more ways than one he fails the available metric 😉 They don't have to be as good as Bree to be a capable back up. They don't have to be quick, classy or amazing. "Capable of staying fit", "mobility comparible to Bree, Manning, Welington..." and "is a right back" shouldn't be too hard a search requirement even for our scouting team.

Robinson's played both sides for us. And I think he would improve us.

Also get Robinson recalled. Fellows has clearly fallen out of favour with Tonda. Edozie should be allowed to leave.

My point is, we don't want Bree's absence to mean being forced to play a different way. JWP is even slower now than he was then. Both our fullbacks push high in our system. He's fine further down the pecking order as I said but I want a natural right back with good availability to be ahead of him in the queue. I don't want JWP having to get pulled out of his best position if Bree's out because we don't have a fit right back to fill in.

I didn't say quick and you make it sound like being mobile is some outlandish expectation! A natural right back that can stay fit is the requirement. Fitting our system should be a prerequisite for the club.

24 year old Ward-Prowse no doubt had a little extra in pace compared with today. As 4th choice, he's fine. Need a natural fit and available right back behind Bree though.

Better to me means availablity. I also think there are right backs in this division and beyond that don't match Roerslev's 100+ premier league appearances and single cap but are better players. James Bree being one. I think you're putting a little too much credence to that point. We don't need to find someone with the same CV. They of course don't have to be the same level as Bree to be decent cover. Availablity is key.

You are putting words in my mouth. When did I say my criteria was for a full international with over 100 Premier League appearances? They don't have to come from a team dominating games. I didn't say that either. I'm saying it takes a very specific type of game for a centre half to not look like a fish out of water in that position. We won't set up to protect our box for 90 minutes many times this season if at all. When Bree couldn't play, it was Abbott that was put there. Not "fit all season" Roerslev. An improvement would be a natural right back that can slot in whenever they're needed.

You're putting words in my mouth again. Just a natural right back with good availability will do 👍

A seperate but important point made. And despite a pre-season, he's been deemed either unavailable, in no fit condition or simply not good enough for the bench in all but two of those games. When Bree couldn't play, it was Abbott that was put there. Not "fit all season" Roerslev. Forest spent the vast majority of that semi-final defending their box. We won't set-up to play many games like that this season. Abbott may have the defensive capability required of a full back but he doesn't have the offensive capability. He isn't a natural right back at all. He's a square peg. We saw how he struggled at right back in our system against Norwich. I want a back up centre forward that means we're not forced to play a different system in Larin's absence. I want a fit and available back up right back we can rely on that allows the same.

Apart from the right back that has had zero availability, we have one right back. The others are square pegs for a round hole.

You have put words in my mouth. You claimed my criteria was for a full international with over 100 Premier League appearances. I didn't say that did I? That's putting words in my mouth. I haven't moved any goalposts. Square pegs in round holes do not count as depth. Roerslev can't stay fit so for the majority of the time, we have zero depth at right back.

No. You're putting words in my mouth. I said I want a right back that's not constantly injured to be back up to Bree. You're the one fixating on his cap for Denmark. It's irrelevant if he has poor availability. If Bree gets injured for several games, I don't think we can rely on Roerslev to fill that void. We haven't been able to rely on him this far.

One that's fit and available when we need them rather than constantly dealing with niggles meaning we have to play Abbott at right back when Bree needs resting.

Yeah, the injury prone one that's played 9 matches in a possible 92.