WARNING LONG POST. We need another centre back.....

We need another centre back. This should have been Worthies priority the moment we were relegated. We were strongly linked with Darren Ward so it appeared that it was indeed his priority, however all has gone quiet on that front, why is this? i beleive that a lack of funds could be the problem.

However, it is very bad management if the club do not sign a new centre back before the transfer window closes. Even Worthy admitted at the end of last season that it was practically our inability to defend that had cost us our premiership status, i beleive he said "if you concede 80 odd goals what do you expect?" or words to that affect. That is why i find it staggering that he has not (as of yet) signed a new and good CB. The defence made alot of errors last season that were exploited by the quality players in the Premiership, i know that we are going to be playing against lesser players in the Championship but those defensive frailities that cost us relegation last year are not suddenly going to dissapear and they will be exposed (albeit to a lesser extent) by teams.

What worries me is that i feel that the league is going to be very tight with at least 4 teams in with a chance of auto promotion, the race will go right to last few games and our dodgy defence could cost us a top two spot. Flem and Doc might not be too bad in this league as people are saying but will our defence be better than say Palaces and Wolves? i think not so a new centre back is an absolute must and the board must stump up the cash to give to Worthy to allow him to bring one in. I mean a few hundred thousand is nothing compared to the millions that we will lose if we do'nt get promoted this season.

Oh and incidentally i feel that we could get stuck in this league for a while if we do'nt get up this season as for one Ashton will be off. So come on Delia give Worthy the 500k - 1 million he needs to get a decent CB in or we including you could all suffer as a result.

Your thoughts?

Posted By: The Baron, Aug 2, 22:21:26