Good teams are all about spines and units

Start and end of last season we were a bit ropey at the back. In the mid section we had Cordoba and McConville. We were solid.

Same in midfield. When we had McLean and Matteson we dominated games generally.

Get those partnerships right and you can then tinker around them. It’s a shame we’ve lost Ahmed as he also had a good partnership with Slimane but perhaps less pivotal.

“Back to basics” for me means back to those partnerships and working bloody hard.

Posted By: Jim on August 22nd 2026 at 19:31:16

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Good teams are all about spines and units (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 22, 19:31:16
- Agree about the spine. Darling was the best defender today though (NCFC) - Tony Martin, Aug 22, 19:46:00
  - I think it’s deceptive (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 22, 20:43:54
    - VMT (NCFC) - SimonOTBC, Aug 22, 21:19:26
  - That’s really not saying much. Darling was still poor (NCFC) - jamesward, Aug 22, 19:48:44
- Not a dig at Darling but all the other defenders play better with the (NCFC) - Jim, Aug 22, 19:32:46

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