Centre back was where we let so many go, yet it is the area we have left alone other than getting Bauer in. You need to give the defensive unit playing time togethe pre seaskn before QPR especially if they are in front of a nervous Pope. Very strange.
We have a 34 year old filling in at centre back 2 weeks before the season starts which is bordering on farcical when you consider how long we have had to do something about it. Regardless of the work done elsewhere on the squad.
Makes Bikey being frozen out, and Johnson and Ben Haim being let go seem bizarre.
Lenglet looks unlikely, herd can cover right back and is not a centre back by trade. That leaves Hoban who would be ok. Still need an experienced championship centre back to guide the younger guys. For the money we are supposedly looking at for Lenglet we could have afforded Shackell or someone similar.
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For me this is the most exciting potential signing of the summer. Excellent pedigree and scouted by top European clubs.
Need for a centre back is critical so I can only guess we have another one sorted.
If we are unveiling someone tomorrow as someone on here confirmed then it must be Henry.
As for defence we may have no choice but to keep Bikey involved as third choice and pay for a proven top notch championship centre back.
I translated a French Nancy Supporters club twitter feed that stated he wasn't playing..
Damn you bing translator!!
http://translate.google.co.uk/translate?hl=en&sl=fr&u=http://forum.asnl.net/&prev=search
Henry is the one I want, but the centre back situation is approaching crisis point and is where all the focus should be.
Makes Bikey being frozen out, and Johnson and Ben Haim being let go seem bizarre.
Now is the time I wish Roland still had Liege.