BARCELONASAINT

We have to move the ball much quicker out of defence and to Fellows and Scienza If we are going to be better than Saturday. Watching THB on Saturday was akin to watching paint dry. Almost everything he did was sideways or backwards, only in the last 10/15 minutes did he appear to try and be forward thinking!

I have stated that Baz needs replacing and a goal keeper is a must in the transfer window if we are to have any chance of the playoffs BUT i am equal in stating our defence is utter crap and week in week out prove how utterly incompetent they are. We badly need an experienced wise head in that back line that will dominate and lead our weak minded defenders. The only defender that we currently have that i think could go on to have a top career is Quarsie. He is raw but already has more of a football brain than any of our other defenders

so you actually avoided answering the question.

Really you find it impossible to believe a keeper can have no confidence in the defence playing in front of him but you can easily accept a defence can have no confidence in the keeper. I'm sorry but i find that sort of warped logic baffling. Are you telling me if you were a goalkeeper that had just spent the last 2 seasons playing with the defence we have had that you would be confident of them actually being able to do the basics of defending every time you walked onto the pitch?? If we all groaned the minute Manning played that stupid attempt up the line yesterday that put us straight back under pressure don't you think any goalkeeper would be thinking ffs here we go again!

Have no idea how true this is but i've been told this evening Coventry could have a few players out with illness that has struck their camp. Sorry if this has been posted already i haven't had time to scroll back through everything.

I'm struggling to understand your point? We already know he is poor and we need better. Do i need to start reeling off every defensive cock up by our defenders, every time one of them has failed to track back, failed to even jump for the ball, fail to attempt to block a shot, completely fail to stop crosses coming into the bos when they know their fellow defenders will get out jumped because they have lead in their boots!!! NO ONE (Hardly) IS DENYING WE NEED A NEW KEEPER but for the love of god recognise we have an absolute shit defence!

where did i say that??!!! I said our entire defence is crap including the goal keepers!! Why just single out the keepers when our defenders are abysmal and have been for 2 seasons. I've seen the argument that the defenders have no confidence with the keeper behind them. Do you not think that goes both ways and the keepers have no confidence with the inept defenders in front of them!

No offense but you have just proved my point that our defence continues to be utter crap at defending and despite the huge drop off in the quality in opposition attack now our defence continues to be largely absent when it comes to defending!

It makes absolutely no difference who is in goal, even Ramsdale at times was made to look ordinary by our woeful defenders. Neither Baz or McCarthy are great but if we are going to share the blame for the amount of goals we concede then give our defenders as much shit as we give our goalkeepers because our back line are bloody awful. There is not a single defender that has crowned themselves in glory the last 2 seasons.

One of the most worrying things for me is our substitutes! Most teams seem to make them and instantly look better but the opposite is true with us. At present when our midfield are flagging we have Romeu and Aribo who i am sorry but both offer nothing. Bragg i like but he's very young and is not an equal replacement for Jander or Flynn Downes. We badly need Shea Charles back! Wingers we have Robinson who is no replacement for Scienza, Azaz or Fellows, he's still very raw and Ryan pass the ball backwards Fraser, i need say no more. Upfront we are really struggling once Armstrong has run his legs off, Damion Downs awful, Ross Stewart needs a miracle of biblical proportions to ever have a meaningful contribution and Archer who has yet to find any form. Goalkeepers....well i'm not even going there its so divisive Defenders, well on paper we should have good defenders for this division but most of them look crap to be honest and it does not seem to matter who starts the game and who comes on, they all appear much of a muchness....there is not a single leader amongst the defence. When was the last time anyone remembers our bench making a positive impact??

The one i don't understand is Matsuki not featuring. TE was glowing in his praise of how Matsuki is the model professional and raises the bar in training with his commitment. Now give me that every day of the week over a half arsed Aribo!!

If we realistically hope to achieve promotion this season then these are games where only 3 points will suffice!

I'm in the minority here but i firmly believe we need a commanding no nonsense CB that will command the defence and help our weak minded defenders from conceding so many chances!

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Doncaster struggling in Div 1, we should have more than enough to beat them, what could possibly go wrong!