When a player causes as much debate as the Doc does

polarising a group of supporters to either like him or hate him. It usually means they are s**t but the club has no-one better to play in that position.

I, personally think he is not a good championship defender. Yes he can head the ball and yes he can tackle well sometimes. But he makes way too many mistakes. I don't think we can afford a Centre half who gives away 4-5 free kicks on the edge of the box every game. If he could just iron out these parts of his game he would be average. We need to have 4 defenders who are, at the very least, just above average to compete in this league.

He will "do a job" next year though. And will probably, along with Shaks be responsible for a oposition goal once every 3-4 games. Not good enough for top half of the table.

Posted By: cookpassbabtridge on July 16th 2008 at 16:53:10

Message Thread

The Doc is the best defender at the club, discuss..... (NCFC) - jafski, Jul 16, 16:44:56
- He's far too last ditch for my liking (NCFC) - Yellow_Monkey, Jul 16, 17:06:01
  - Scares me when he starts doing his rugby type tackle, doesn't need to. (n/m) (NCFC) - DrDublin, Jul 16, 17:08:53
- IMO Drury is the best defender at the club (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 16, 16:54:57
  - what about pants mate bertrand-average at best (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Jul 16, 16:57:03
    - good player, for me we are well sorted at LB. (NCFC) - megson, Jul 16, 16:58:54
      - Bertrand was excellent (NCFC) - phrankin, Jul 16, 17:02:58
        
        forgot about mo-he gone back to derby? (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Jul 16, 17:04:20
  - wow, I may agree with Phrankin! (NCFC) - megson, Jul 16, 16:56:19
- When a player causes as much debate as the Doc does (NCFC) - cookpassbabtridge, Jul 16, 16:53:10
  - Doherty's errors pale into insignificance compared to shackells last season (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 17:00:53
    - didnt see him offering it to the doc-4 a reason i guess-hes shit (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Jul 16, 17:05:28
  - Surely you need 4 average defenders to be an average side in the league... (NCFC) - Brom, Jul 16, 16:56:51
    - yeah, is what I meant is. The very lowest quality you can afford (NCFC) - cookpassbabtridge, Jul 16, 17:01:09
    - Ah but you can compensate by having Lappin in midfield. (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:57:25
- Agree with that. For a part-time CF he doesn't do enough goals (n/m) (NCFC) - Small, Jul 16, 16:52:00
  - he has changed his shirt number though and will do lots now (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 16:53:53
- Agree (n/m) (NCFC) - pants, Jul 16, 16:50:09
  - lol (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Jul 16, 16:52:56
- He is the sickest Defenser in our Soccer Club (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 16:49:29
  - Dude (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:51:08
    - correction (NCFC) - Tomblander, Jul 16, 16:52:30
- worst since willie young (n/m) (NCFC) - selwyn, Jul 16, 16:47:30
- haha like he has lots of competition! (n/m) (NCFC) - Brandonio, Jul 16, 16:46:37
- Yes, he is. Partially due to the fact that the only other one we have is Shackell (n/m) (NCFC) - Steve in Holland, Jul 16, 16:45:29

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