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Frazer Richardson at CB?


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Quite honestly if you feel like having to play someone out of position at CB then Butterfield would be a better choice, at least he is a bit taller than Richardson and has far more experience. But the issue is we don't need to play someone out of position at CB, Seaborne and Martin are perfectly adequate, and are proper CBs. The issue is that they are adequate, we need someone better than adequate, especially now that Jaidi is injured. It was always a risk with Jaidi, most people could see he only probably had one more season at this level, his experience alone was worth the new contract. But he needs replacing and that needs to be done at least gradually this season, so either Seaborne or Martin needs to step up, or we need a better option. Clearly NA thinks we need a better option for the short to medium term, hence his attempts to sign a replacement. Playing an existing player out of position is not what we need, and would only be done in a real emergency (and only then if the loan window were shut).

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Can't Morgan also play centre back? I seem to remember reading about it when he signed.

 

Chris Baird was a rarity, moving into the centre and doing well. I don't think Richardson's even that good in the position he's supposed to be good in. As has been said, Butterfield is the better right back imo.

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What about Cork?

He played there for us before and it would allow Morgan to play in the team.

 

Not a bad shout that.

 

Cork played CB for us before and did pretty well if I recall correctly - and that was as a relatively raw youngster. The point you raise regarding the advantages of finding a starting place for Morgan Schneiderlin (far too good for the bench IMO) is equally valid. The drawback of course is that we would miss out on Jack Cork's excellent attacking midfield play.

 

Nevertheless, this option is a real possibility should we fail to sign a quality CB to play alongside Fonte.

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The clear priority is to sign a quality CB !

The alternatives (as proposed on here!) should be last resort and only used during matches as emergency solutions !

 

 

RIGHT ! We need to build up a combination of tough CB's who can carry it over to the Prem. next season..

ala ....Ken Monkou, Dean Richards, Claus Lundekvam, and Michael Svensson.

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