Defence

[Wex]

Come on lads sort the defence outIts hard having to score 3+ goals every game.

[Mr K.Dilkington]

Very true

[joemole]

Anyone still think we don't need an upgrade at keeper.

[Woolly Mammoth]

Our defence is milky again and always looks timid to me.

[Woolly Mammoth]

Anyone still think we don't need an upgrade at keeper.

To a certain extent keepers are only as good as the defenders in front of them.
So we need to look at the wider picture.
However, our defence especially in the centre needs upgrading. We need a leader at the back to marshal the defence.   

[Mr K.Dilkington]

Ream and odoi just aren't good enough

[HobGoblin]

Ream and odoi just aren't good enough

Totally agree, urgently need moving on if we get promoted.

[Deeping_white]

Get Joe Rodon in from Spurs - we're essentially 9 clear now so get him in and working with Tosin for next year

[Mr K.Dilkington]

Ream and odoi just aren't good enough

Totally agree, urgently need moving on if we get promoted.

They've both been good servants but at the prem level they aren't nowhere near good enough and increasingly so at championship level are getting found out

[filham]

Ream and odoi just aren't good enough

Totally agree, urgently need moving on if we get promoted.

OK but lets save the critical comments until the end of the season. The important thing is that we have just scored another three goals with two of our best strikers missing, Also remember we are playing attacking football and taking risks by committing defenders to attacking positions.

[Twig]

Anyone still think we don't need an upgrade at keeper.

To a certain extent keepers are only as good as the defenders in front of them.
So we need to look at the wider picture.
However, our defence especially in the centre needs upgrading. We need a leader at the back to marshal the defence.   

This

[AnOldBrownie]

Come on lads sort the defence outIts hard having to score 3+ goals every game.

So it's not just me.   

:plus one:

Rodak, Odoi, Ream and even Reed will need to be upgraded at the next level.

[rebel]

Because we've been so dominant in matches, complacency creeps in, no doubt it was Stoke's game plan. We should be most concentrated first 15 minutes after start and first 15 minutes after half time.

The second goal was more annoying, because we've not closed him down, similar to other goals recently conceded. 

[Mr K.Dilkington]

Areola back would be kinda nice because he was very good last year

[Snibbo]

Anyone still think we don't need an upgrade at keeper.

To a certain extent keepers are only as good as the defenders in front of them.
So we need to look at the wider picture.
However, our defence especially in the centre needs upgrading. We need a leader at the back to marshal the defence.

Only 2 teams have conceded less than us,  and we've scored over 30 more than both of them

[Jamie88]

Anyone still think we don't need an upgrade at keeper.

To a certain extent keepers are only as good as the defenders in front of them.
So we need to look at the wider picture.
However, our defence especially in the centre needs upgrading. We need a leader at the back to marshal the defence.

Only 2 teams have conceded less than us,  and we've scored over 30 more than both of them

True but we have conceded 6 in the last three

[Tabby]

Maybe Seri is the missing piece compared to earlier in the season. Might not be the flashiest of tacklers, but tends to do well in closing off passes.

[Cumbrian White]

This is what we need to get used to and understand with Marco as a boss, we will always concede goals. When we go up, we need to play the same way with the squad that has been assembled, I assume, the plan is to improve this team rather than change the 1st 11 again and also change of tactics.

So for me, if someone is complaining now then this board will be horrendous next season. We will stay up next year, we will have a heavy beating or two but we will score more, as a certain Mr Parker said, we will lose more than we win but we will have the goal scoring ability to keep us up.

With Marco, a leopard never changes its spots. Surely its more fun to have to score 3 to win a game than 1-0 week after week and isn't that the point? Isn't this just meant to be fun and us be entertained?

[H4usuallysitting]

I like the we'll score more than you attitude....if it was me I wouldn't make any changes....today we were without our top two goal scorers & still won.....their first was (in my opinion) a great ball in that was just about perfect...their second was also a well taken goal.... we're not going to win every game 5 - 0.... We're also going to lose & draw game's

[toshes mate]

Has the game of football changed behind my back and bonus points awarded for pleasing fans who make specious comments on social media.  You get three points for a win and any win improves your goal difference.  You win by scoring more goals than your opponent in any game.   You get no points for having smart ass supporters.