Good pod.
FULLBACKS
When we look at the names we have missed out on in the last 18 months.
fully formed my opinion on the fullbacks now paddy - i bet you're chuffed about that
i have always defended rafferty and hughes whilst always acknowledging their limitations, they're decent and always put in a 6 to 8 out of 10 performance in, for their ability
but its blatantly obvious now that when our press and midfield cannot dominate the game, like it did at qpr and huddersfield, we need other ways to hurt the opposition. last two teams we've played both had excellent fullbacks/wingbacks, where ours are quite rudimentary and do not get high up the pitch, take chances or cause the opposition any sort of real danger; they just dont have the attributes required
so where i see just blatant unjustified criticism of either fullback thats not true, but just born our of frustration then id defend them, but we cannot have a go at refferty or hughes because he isnt as threatening going forward as romeo malone or pipa or toffolo; we just dont have them players, we just cannot criticize them for not being able to do something they cannot do
we need earl to grab this chance thats in front of him now and offer what we're lacking, its a big ask for him but hes got such a massive opportunity to improve this team, and can fisher avoid these knocks? rafferty and huges both have their place in this squad, and deservedly so but lastnight absolutely clearly identified our deficiency of lack of attacking threat from the wide areas