Justin P 12:02 Fri Jul 14
Is this potentially the stongest back 5 in years?
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Hart
Zabaleta Reid Ogbonna Cresswell
Good cover as well
Adrian
Byram Fonte Collins Masuaku
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Trevor B
2:58 Fri Jul 14
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ah of course
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Sarge
2:53 Fri Jul 14
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McCartney came on for o'neill
Faubert came on for Demel
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Trevor B
2:47 Fri Jul 14
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taylor started, mccartney came on in the second half for demel and taylor switched to the right i think?
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Swiss.
2:47 Fri Jul 14
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Not as good as our current back 5 and back up was Joey O' Brien.
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Troy McClure
2:46 Fri Jul 14
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or was McCartney left back? Cant remember now. I was blinded by too many empty seats in their end
grrr
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Animal
2:45 Fri Jul 14
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Something like:
Demel tomkins Reid illunga
Not too bad
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Troy McClure
2:44 Fri Jul 14
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5 years ago... play off final? Yeah 2012 so...
Green
Demel
Taylor???
Reid
Tomkins
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Swiss.
2:40 Fri Jul 14
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What was our defence 5 years ago?
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Trevor B
2:38 Fri Jul 14
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Coffee
erm, some quite high profile rickets in games that costs us points?
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Swiss.
2:29 Fri Jul 14
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yes it is. And good cover as well.
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Coffee
2:07 Fri Jul 14
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What happened to Adrian? In a relatively short time, he went from being selected for the Spain national squad to dropping below Randolph in the pecking order. Marriage/parenthood?
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Animal
1:58 Fri Jul 14
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I'd probably say above average premiership quality, falling short of the top quality bracket. The issue for me is that he sends quite injury prone.
Certainly more than good enough for us at the moment
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grasshopper
1:46 Fri Jul 14
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Animal
I am just pointing out that reid is nothing special.
I think oxford has the potential to be much better than reid, but many on here rate reid as "quality". I would say he is an average midtable premier league centerback.
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boleyn8420
1:42 Fri Jul 14
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Yes, very good for a mid table side, shouldn't get relegated with that to be honest
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Animal
1:42 Fri Jul 14
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Rio, who was for a period possibly the best CB in the world?!
You are correct, they don't compare with him. And?
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Animal
1:40 Fri Jul 14
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As much as the first 5 is important, with the number of games and our hideous injury record, I think the second 5 is just as important, and it looks pretty good.
Over the next season or two, I would like to see the older cbs start to step back for the three youngsters. Keep at least one in the squad this season to prepare to step in, and the other two can be slipped in next year
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grasshopper
1:39 Fri Jul 14
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Reid is nothing special, always has an injury in him and will never be anything greater than a midtable centerback. Cant exactly compare him to the likes of rio can we?
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The Ghost of Braderz
1:29 Fri Jul 14
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Reply grasshopper 12:24 Fri Jul 14
That's potentially one of the most inaccurate things I've read on here.
Congratulations Grasshopper
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goose
1:03 Fri Jul 14
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given that last seasons was one of the worst i can recall i'd say 'no'.
however, defending is a team effort so you cant just blame the defenders. the lack of aggression & pressure trying to win the ball back was pathetic at times.
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Fifth Column
12:59 Fri Jul 14
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As others have said, if we were to get Hart on loan and sell Adrian then I think it's a big risk... what if we then lose Hart at end of season... then we have to spend money on an Adrian replacement which will almost certainly cost more than we'd get for selling him now.
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Trevor B
12:54 Fri Jul 14
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"I've lost faith that he wants to do it."
you mean because he has publicly said many times that he doesnt want to play in defence? what a revelation!
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