I don;t think Bassong was really any worse than any other CB last season
I think people have retrospectively convinced themselves that he was some complete liability but he still played in most of the clean sheets we kept at premier league level. Yes he wasn;t as good as the season before and he made some mistakes but my own view (and its just my opinion - I am sure others disagree) is that even the 2013-2014 Bassong would have been plenty good enough to perform at this level and better than Cuellar, Hoiveld, martin etc. Maybe fully fit and on form Turner and Bennett would be of a similar level.
And yes I do think we would have been better had he been playing because we have chucked away so many points due to our dodgy defence and i think the nervousness that causes spreads though the side. Just my opinion though.
Will be interesting to see if he plays Saturday. I hope if he does then he's properly fit to do so.
Posted By: Jim on January 29th 2015 at 10:20:42
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- How different might things have been if we'd been able to regularly play (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 10:05:36
- Alex Tettey has been a big miss, off the top of my head he has (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 29, 11:34:06
- Ps maybe next season will indeed be kinder but will we still have a squad (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 11:38:40
- It'll certainly become harder to attract the likes of Redmond (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 29, 11:44:02
- Other than maybe a left winger I'm not too unhappy with what we have. More (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 11:58:20
- It'll certainly become harder to attract the likes of Redmond (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 29, 11:44:02
- I agree re Tettey and Bennett. As you may have gathered from some of (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 11:36:50
- Essentially what we need is a settled side (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 29, 11:41:55
- Yep. Thats what the sc*m have had but we have't. Their (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 12:02:31
- Essentially what we need is a settled side (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 29, 11:41:55
- Ps maybe next season will indeed be kinder but will we still have a squad (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 11:38:40
- Bennett's great. Except when he plays. Bassongs great. Unless he can't be arsed. Truth is, (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Jan 29, 10:23:59
- I think with Turner his performance vary hugely depending on who his partner is (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 10:42:26
- At the start of the season we'd have considered Turner our best CB (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 29, 11:28:26
- He is what he is, a stopper, a centre half who heads the ball and gets in tackles (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 29, 11:36:22
- CB partnerships take time don't they, and ours haven't had that. Also, Ruddy needs to comm (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Jan 29, 11:44:56
- posted up there ^^about Partnerships accross the pitch (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 29, 11:47:57
- CB partnerships take time don't they, and ours haven't had that. Also, Ruddy needs to comm (NCFC) - Higher Wrather, Jan 29, 11:44:56
- He is what he is, a stopper, a centre half who heads the ball and gets in tackles (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 29, 11:36:22
- At the start of the season we'd have considered Turner our best CB (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jan 29, 11:28:26
- I think with Turner his performance vary hugely depending on who his partner is (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 10:42:26
- I think with the personnel that we have... (NCFC) - Darren Eadie, Jan 29, 10:17:20
- Fitting in redmond won't be a problem for long! (n/m) (NCFC) - admckechnie, Jan 29, 10:19:21
- it is simple (NCFC) - Chris Peacock, Jan 29, 10:15:16
- With The Bassong situation, we don't know why he went elseswhere (NCFC) - admckechnie, Jan 29, 10:14:49
- I don;t think Bassong was really any worse than any other CB last season (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 10:20:42
- Was liable to a brain fart once a game... got away with quite a few but (NCFC) - Pixelman, Jan 29, 11:07:05
- He drove me nuts last season. Doing Cryuff turns on the edge of our box. (NCFC) - Trent_Canary, Jan 29, 10:50:05
- I agree Bassong wasn't terrible last season. But if he left for (NCFC) - admckechnie, Jan 29, 10:23:54
- True. Just not sure that the players get as worked up about things like that (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 10:46:20
- I don;t think Bassong was really any worse than any other CB last season (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 10:20:42
- Or if Wes had not been injured or moved out of position. (NCFC) - roedtonowhere, Jan 29, 10:14:45
- injuries, suspensions, loss of form, fallouts etc part and parcel of football (NCFC) - MIKEWALKER, Jan 29, 10:11:03
- I agree but we have had more than our fair share of all of them this season whereas (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 10:13:44
- Just saying really that no Bassong fall out and Bennett having a bit more luck with (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 10:14:52
- I agree but we have had more than our fair share of all of them this season whereas (NCFC) - Jim, Jan 29, 10:13:44
- Alex Tettey has been a big miss, off the top of my head he has (NCFC) - strap_on sally, Jan 29, 11:34:06
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