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  On 16/01/2015 at 11:22, ujpest doza said:

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Dummett has some attributes to be a CB, he's athletic and fairly quick and he's tough enough in the tackle. Santon is our best LB by miles.

 

Really? I prefer Haidara.

Haidara is better going forward than Dummett and Santon but isn't a better defender and a Left backs primary role is to defend.

 

Haidara gets forward and leaves acres of space in behind him which when he's played other teams have exploited.

 

Funny, that's how I see Santon. For me Haidara is far more aware and responsive to his defensive duties than Santon.

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  On 01/02/2015 at 16:41, The College Dropout said:

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Dummett has some attributes to be a CB, he's athletic and fairly quick and he's tough enough in the tackle. Santon is our best LB by miles.

 

Really? I prefer Haidara.

Haidara is better going forward than Dummett and Santon but isn't a better defender and a Left backs primary role is to defend.

 

Haidara gets forward and leaves acres of space in behind him which when he's played other teams have exploited.

 

Funny, that's how I see Santon. For me Haidara is far more aware and responsive to his defensive duties than Santon.

neither Santon or Haidara are up to much defensively lets be honest.

 

Anyway we have few enough defenders as it is (including santon we have 6 senior defenders for the rest of the season) getting rid of one would be just the kind of stupidity ashley would go through with but would be utter madness to only have 5 senior defenders for 4 positions.

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Tbh a bit meh about selling him, would be nice if he stayed fit and improved but he was hardly brilliant before the injury, and the time out is likely to have disrupted his progress, he was always a prospect and not the finished article.

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Always liked the fella. Think he's still got potential to be first rate full back, he's just in need of some specialist coaching i.e: not from an average ex Notts Forest winger, a charver who played Fullback from Whitley Bay or a wonky nosed ex Everton CB.

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  On 01/02/2015 at 21:07, Ketsbaia said:

So we'll have 5 defenders until the summer? Possibly Raylor too. That's absolutely shocking.

 

I like Santon but open to selling him. But for such a small fee, when our squad is tiny, is incredibly dumb.

you know I forgot about Raylor

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If him going out on loan meant a centre-back coming in even if it's just on loan also, I think that puts us in a stronger position than a month ago.

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They'll see it as - "we're paying him £45k a week (or whatever) and he's contributing nothing. We're pretty much where we want to be and we've got there without him so we'll be no worse off shifting his wage off the payroll, banking a modest fee for him and look for a cheaper alternative that will contribute."

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  On 01/02/2015 at 22:10, midds said:

They'll see it as - "we're paying him £45k a week (or whatever) and he's contributing nothing. We're pretty much where we want to be and we've got there without him so we'll be no worse off shifting his wage off the payroll, banking a modest fee for him and look for a cheaper alternative that will contribute."

 

We don't even need to replace him. This is free money for the club.

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  On 01/02/2015 at 22:13, r0cafella said:

Ashley must hate the concept of a squad.

 

Paying people do fuck all must really break his heart

 

Imagine trying to sell him the concept of backup cashiers.

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  On 01/02/2015 at 22:15, Toon's Taylor said:

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Ashley must hate the concept of a squad.

 

Paying people do fuck all must really break his heart

 

Imagine trying to sell him the concept of backup cashiers.

"yer what, we have to give people holidays and they might be off sick, fuck off"

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