Parky you are bang on the money.When the whole world can see we have had maybe 2 decent defenders since promotion,i.e. Woodgate and Albert,why did we sign 3 attacking players pre transfer window?Hes also made our defence weaker by giving Scotty a more advanced role thus depriving our back 4 of any protection and that is why we are leaking silly goals now,because the back 4 have more responsibility now.
we have had more than 2 decent defenders since promotion .....
For starters, Howey was a better defender than Albert.....
And - if he had spent his 15m quid on 2 defenders, who exactly do you think would be playing up front, having lost Owen, Shearer and Bellamy in the last 2 years ..........
I agree about Stevie Howey,but we definitely need 2 defenders now and have done since Woodgate left tbh and as for the lack of money,FFS sanctioned the wastage of 50 mill plus with his appointment of crap managers ,the figures paid for Guivarch,Viana, Bramble,Boumsong,Luque etc. make terrible reading joined to the talent we let go cheaper than we should,i.e Bellamy,show just how much money Shepherd has let through his fingers.