Fragile defence

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    retired red Active Member

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    Why are teams busting their guts to buy players that have conceded 41 league goals? Are they good as individuals but can't defend as a unit or am I too old to know anything. If I was told that we were going to pay a few million for a teenage defender with a history of missing games through injury I would think the inmates were running the asylum.


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    Because they're young, comfortable on the ball and our academy has a great reputation.

    That said i don't for a second believe that Marc Roberts is attracting premier league interest.


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    To look at it another way...


    Cardiff - 3
    Forest - 5
    Fulham - 4
    Ipswich - 4


    That's 16 goals conceded in just 4 games. So if you take those out of the equation you end up with


    Played 23
    Against 25


    Which for a defensive back four that hadn't played anywhere near ther Championship level and were bought for peanuts is an amazing return.
     
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    After Stones, Holgate and Mawson we now have a reputation for producing top-class defenders.

    That and the fact that these people are totally stupid and have more cash than they know what to do with.
     
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    Against Forest and Fulham we had a man sent off.
     
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    We also concede too many penalties.
     
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    And won at Cardiff
     
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    Probably because scouts can see that we play an attack minded system & they can see that we have got a talented back 4 it's just they're offered much less protection than some other teams who pack the midfield & don't have attack minded wingers like Watkins & Kent which is why we tend to concede more goals
     

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