by West Stand Man »
12 Feb 2011 16:09
Ian Royal It is a very good defensive record... the defence is not woeful... but it is far far too prone to stupid lapses in quality and those mistakes have cost us a lot of points when combined with our inability to regularly score 2 goals or more.
You're making the mistake of taking one fact and thinking it gives you a complete picture.
I think not. AllI have said is that it is one of the better defences around - and the facts support that.
If we are going to enter a totally different debate about the team's ability to concede silly goals at key times then so be it. While I might agree with that I would counter by pointing out that all defences can fall for that sometime. Which would bring us back to the facts - this defence is not woeful, nor is it inherently weak. Surprisingly it has players who are not superhuman and nor are they perfect or errorfree; were they anywhere near that they'd be worth £MMMMMs and would be playing for one of the top clubs in Europe.