I agree that the added solidity will help us long term

and that it was something that we desperately needed during the final third of last season.

It's nice to know that when we are utterly useless on the ball/going forward we can actually rely on some sort of resiliance at the back. Last season it was a case of counting down the time until the first goal was conceeded. This time around I'm expecting plenty of clean sheets, especially with Ruddy there when our defence does make a rare mistake.

Having said that, I think that Lambert's tinkering with team personel (as you touched on) had a lot to do with our poor run in as much as anything. Giving Ward a run in the team when he was regularly poor while trying to bed in Ryan Bennett at the same time wasn't the best of ideas.

Posted By: Common Sense Police, Sep 17, 14:06:21