| Central defender target 23:38 - Jul 31 with 7062 views | pointofblue | So with no Trusty, understandably, and no seemingly no McNally, annoyingly, who would people like to see us (REASONABLY) target to sign at centre back? |  |
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| Central defender target on 23:44 - Jul 31 with 5681 views | FrankMarshall | Worth mentioning that McGuiness is gone also. It looks like Craig Cathcart is the most likely signing now. [Post edited 31 Jul 2023 23:44]
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| Central defender target on 23:50 - Jul 31 with 5637 views | Wacko |
| Central defender target on 23:44 - Jul 31 by FrankMarshall | Worth mentioning that McGuiness is gone also. It looks like Craig Cathcart is the most likely signing now. [Post edited 31 Jul 2023 23:44]
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Where's McGuinness gone? |  |
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| Central defender target on 23:53 - Jul 31 with 5623 views | Trequartista |
| Central defender target on 23:50 - Jul 31 by Wacko | Where's McGuinness gone? |
Sorry, thought you'd finished it when was collecting the empties. |  |
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| Central defender target on 00:16 - Aug 1 with 5534 views | exeterblue10 |
| Central defender target on 23:53 - Jul 31 by Trequartista | Sorry, thought you'd finished it when was collecting the empties. |
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| Central defender target on 01:52 - Aug 1 with 5398 views | BondiBlue |
| Central defender target on 23:50 - Jul 31 by Wacko | Where's McGuinness gone? |
Where's trusty gone? |  |
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| Central defender target on 05:57 - Aug 1 with 5241 views | Stu_boy |
| Central defender target on 01:52 - Aug 1 by BondiBlue | Where's trusty gone? |
Most likely going to sheff utd |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 06:18 - Aug 1 with 5172 views | Gary_Knows | Terence Kongolo. |  |
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| Central defender target on 06:48 - Aug 1 with 5055 views | BlueBoots |
| Central defender target on 23:53 - Jul 31 by Trequartista | Sorry, thought you'd finished it when was collecting the empties. |
Gave you a "^" for that, but replying too as deserves a bump to be seen by more people |  |
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| Central defender target on 07:26 - Aug 1 with 4843 views | ONENIL78 |
| Central defender target on 23:50 - Jul 31 by Wacko | Where's McGuinness gone? |
Hes taken Sue Barkers place on a Q of S |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 07:38 - Aug 1 with 4785 views | SuperKieranMcKenna | Cresswell who had a good loan spell with Millwall last season. I guess there is a chnace Leeds see him being in and around the first team since relegation though. |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 08:34 - Aug 1 with 4547 views | Wakh | Reckon we might know later today. |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 08:52 - Aug 1 with 4418 views | ITFCBlues |
| Central defender target on 08:34 - Aug 1 by Wakh | Reckon we might know later today. |
Def info? |  |
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| Central defender target on 14:19 - Aug 1 with 3952 views | BcarefulwhatUWish4 | Wouldn't surprise me if we sign Alex Tuanzebe. KM and Tuanzebe have a great deal of history, and KM had nothing but great things to say about him in his time working with him. Either Tuanzebe or Cathcart. |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 14:47 - Aug 1 with 3853 views | jayessess |
| Central defender target on 14:19 - Aug 1 by BcarefulwhatUWish4 | Wouldn't surprise me if we sign Alex Tuanzebe. KM and Tuanzebe have a great deal of history, and KM had nothing but great things to say about him in his time working with him. Either Tuanzebe or Cathcart. |
Tuanzebe's had a tough run of injuries last two seasons. |  |
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| Central defender target on 14:48 - Aug 1 with 3850 views | BigCommon | Tbf, I'm not overly stressed about us defensively... The fact that we're allegedly targeting the likes of Trusty, in order to " improve" on what we've already got. Says a lot about how strong we are already. The fact that we haven't just gone out and added any old CB, says a lot about how strong we are, already. Best defence in L1 last season. Most clean sheets and club record clean sheets.. Sure, standard will be higher this season, but it's not The Champions League. Someone like Cathcart, imo, smacks of another Keogh signing. Might add a lot in terms of experience, but Im not so sure he'd add much to our defence in terms of our playing style. I'd much rather we tried to bring Baggot into the fray, and accelerated his development. Than sign someone who doesn't upgrade the standard we have already. Why is Cathcart still floating about as a free agent? |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 14:57 - Aug 1 with 3786 views | Parky | Scott McKenna. Probably a bit too ambitious. |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 15:02 - Aug 1 with 3736 views | NthQldITFC |
| Central defender target on 14:48 - Aug 1 by BigCommon | Tbf, I'm not overly stressed about us defensively... The fact that we're allegedly targeting the likes of Trusty, in order to " improve" on what we've already got. Says a lot about how strong we are already. The fact that we haven't just gone out and added any old CB, says a lot about how strong we are, already. Best defence in L1 last season. Most clean sheets and club record clean sheets.. Sure, standard will be higher this season, but it's not The Champions League. Someone like Cathcart, imo, smacks of another Keogh signing. Might add a lot in terms of experience, but Im not so sure he'd add much to our defence in terms of our playing style. I'd much rather we tried to bring Baggot into the fray, and accelerated his development. Than sign someone who doesn't upgrade the standard we have already. Why is Cathcart still floating about as a free agent? |
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| Central defender target on 15:41 - Aug 1 with 3594 views | The_Realist_09 |
| Central defender target on 14:48 - Aug 1 by BigCommon | Tbf, I'm not overly stressed about us defensively... The fact that we're allegedly targeting the likes of Trusty, in order to " improve" on what we've already got. Says a lot about how strong we are already. The fact that we haven't just gone out and added any old CB, says a lot about how strong we are, already. Best defence in L1 last season. Most clean sheets and club record clean sheets.. Sure, standard will be higher this season, but it's not The Champions League. Someone like Cathcart, imo, smacks of another Keogh signing. Might add a lot in terms of experience, but Im not so sure he'd add much to our defence in terms of our playing style. I'd much rather we tried to bring Baggot into the fray, and accelerated his development. Than sign someone who doesn't upgrade the standard we have already. Why is Cathcart still floating about as a free agent? |
Couldn't disagree more. |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 15:54 - Aug 1 with 3510 views | Naylorsrightboot |
| Central defender target on 14:48 - Aug 1 by BigCommon | Tbf, I'm not overly stressed about us defensively... The fact that we're allegedly targeting the likes of Trusty, in order to " improve" on what we've already got. Says a lot about how strong we are already. The fact that we haven't just gone out and added any old CB, says a lot about how strong we are, already. Best defence in L1 last season. Most clean sheets and club record clean sheets.. Sure, standard will be higher this season, but it's not The Champions League. Someone like Cathcart, imo, smacks of another Keogh signing. Might add a lot in terms of experience, but Im not so sure he'd add much to our defence in terms of our playing style. I'd much rather we tried to bring Baggot into the fray, and accelerated his development. Than sign someone who doesn't upgrade the standard we have already. Why is Cathcart still floating about as a free agent? |
So wrong on so many levels. |  | |  |
| Balderdash and piffle. (n/t) on 15:55 - Aug 1 with 3499 views | Bloots |
| Central defender target on 14:48 - Aug 1 by BigCommon | Tbf, I'm not overly stressed about us defensively... The fact that we're allegedly targeting the likes of Trusty, in order to " improve" on what we've already got. Says a lot about how strong we are already. The fact that we haven't just gone out and added any old CB, says a lot about how strong we are, already. Best defence in L1 last season. Most clean sheets and club record clean sheets.. Sure, standard will be higher this season, but it's not The Champions League. Someone like Cathcart, imo, smacks of another Keogh signing. Might add a lot in terms of experience, but Im not so sure he'd add much to our defence in terms of our playing style. I'd much rather we tried to bring Baggot into the fray, and accelerated his development. Than sign someone who doesn't upgrade the standard we have already. Why is Cathcart still floating about as a free agent? |
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| Central defender target on 15:57 - Aug 1 with 3494 views | BigCommon |
| Central defender target on 15:41 - Aug 1 by The_Realist_09 | Couldn't disagree more. |
Care to explain why? |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 15:57 - Aug 1 with 3491 views | BigCommon |
| Central defender target on 15:54 - Aug 1 by Naylorsrightboot | So wrong on so many levels. |
Such as? |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 16:07 - Aug 1 with 3437 views | The_Realist_09 |
| Central defender target on 15:57 - Aug 1 by BigCommon | Care to explain why? |
Much of our defensive quality last season was down to our control of the game and the ball. We pretty much dominated territory against every team, such that our defence rarely faced an onslaught. We'll certainly face more spells this season with our backs against the wall where we really need to weather a storm and come out the other side unscathed. This is will be a big test for the back 4. |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 16:12 - Aug 1 with 3396 views | tractorboy1978 |
| Central defender target on 14:48 - Aug 1 by BigCommon | Tbf, I'm not overly stressed about us defensively... The fact that we're allegedly targeting the likes of Trusty, in order to " improve" on what we've already got. Says a lot about how strong we are already. The fact that we haven't just gone out and added any old CB, says a lot about how strong we are, already. Best defence in L1 last season. Most clean sheets and club record clean sheets.. Sure, standard will be higher this season, but it's not The Champions League. Someone like Cathcart, imo, smacks of another Keogh signing. Might add a lot in terms of experience, but Im not so sure he'd add much to our defence in terms of our playing style. I'd much rather we tried to bring Baggot into the fray, and accelerated his development. Than sign someone who doesn't upgrade the standard we have already. Why is Cathcart still floating about as a free agent? |
Not sure that logic stacks up. The reason we've targeted the likes of Trusty/McNally is because we want a starter rather than a back up option, i.e we think Burgess is possibly not at the required level for where we want to be. |  | |  |
| Central defender target on 16:27 - Aug 1 with 3284 views | BigCommon |
| Central defender target on 16:07 - Aug 1 by The_Realist_09 | Much of our defensive quality last season was down to our control of the game and the ball. We pretty much dominated territory against every team, such that our defence rarely faced an onslaught. We'll certainly face more spells this season with our backs against the wall where we really need to weather a storm and come out the other side unscathed. This is will be a big test for the back 4. |
Fare point.. I'm not so pessimistic though... And as far as " onslaughts" go. Burgess is probably our bravest player who gets his head on everything. Found wanting a few times, with inexperience in front of him, allowing players to run through at him. Didn't put a foot wrong once Luongo came in and sorted that. |  | |  |
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