I think it could have worked, and agree with crises, but also we simply never had

Premier League quality defenders or, as we've said to death, a proper spoiler in midfield who can then switch play to attack or retain possession (e.g. Skipp).

I tend to focus most on our central defender since most Premier League teams these days play with full backs who cannot defend anyway. Hanley, Zimmermann, Gibson, Kabak and obviously the emergency ones in Byram and Sorensen - none of those are decent Premier League quality. Godfrey is but was still learning his trade when we had him and I think same will be the case for Omobamidele.

I think the last Premier League quality central defenders we have had were early Bassong and early Klose (before his injury).

Posted By: Legacy Fan on September 15th 2022 at 10:08:26

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Winning games against a high press/ on the break / when under pressure (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Sep 15, 08:59:13
- We would have got completely destroyed against any Premier League team if we played like (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Sep 15, 10:02:14
  - Fortunately we have a proven ability to buy Prem-ready reinforcements (NCFC) - CWC, Sep 15, 10:15:14
  - We actually have the 2nd highest possession stats in the division (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Sep 15, 10:06:17
    - In this division, yes. I am talking about the Premier League. (n/m) (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Sep 15, 10:09:02
      - Yeah but my point is that Smith does want us to keep the ball (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Sep 15, 10:27:28
- You could be right.Obvs we were all hoping our beautiful style of play under DF would work (NCFC) - Augustus Pablo, Sep 15, 09:01:23
  - I don’t particularly care about the style of play but I do want to see us control games (NCFC) - Jim, Sep 15, 09:45:18
    - Ball retention was noticeably better when Gibbs was in CM and not Kenny (n/m) (NCFC) - jamesward, Sep 15, 09:47:40
  - Yeah exactly. It might have worked better if we hadn’t had such a defensive crisis (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Sep 15, 09:05:38
    - I think it could have worked, and agree with crises, but also we simply never had (NCFC) - Legacy Fan, Sep 15, 10:08:26
- (We will fall out of the prem again, if we get back up again) (NCFC) - Old Git, Sep 15, 08:59:59
  - Yeah probably but would be nice to do it with a bit more dignity (n/m) (NCFC) - Knitted Jesus, Sep 15, 09:01:44
    - falling with style (with apols to buzz lightyear) (n/m) (NCFC) - paulg, Sep 15, 13:09:36
  - But we’ll also piss everyone off if we get back up again (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 15, 09:01:11

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