Confirmed Transfer St Ledger loaned to Millwall
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Correct, but is this really the time to be loaning him out? It's hardly as though we're blessed for cover.
But leaves us with an even thinner squad at an important time of the season. Presumably someone's coming in to replace him.
Now he's been there a month Liam Moore could be recalled from Brentford if we need him. I don't think he's as good (yet) as SSL though.
Matt_B
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Keane and Morgan look solid enough for now and it's not a position that needs rotating during a game. If we get an injury we'll bring Moore back who can also play right back. Plenty on here were saying how shit he was earlier this season, no doubt some will be moaning now he's gone.
Brown Nose
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Irrespective of whether or not someone else is coming in, it is a bizarre decision. For me, St Ledger and Morgan were our best central defensive pairing this season. Although Keane undoubtedly has promise, we'd be a more solid team with St Ledger there and I was hoping/expecting him to be in the centre of our defence tomorrow evening.
Even if NP prefers Keane to St Ledger, surely St Ledger is a better sub than Whitbread or potentially Moore? Sometimes it appears as though NP is trying to make things harder for us. We've now got more strikers in our painfully thin squad than defenders. Completely baffling.
Biffa Bacon
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Looks like the club will have to rebuild the back line again in the off season, can't see SSL staying, Whitbread can't be relied on, Moore has little experience and the club is light at fullback. Shambles.
Biffa Bacon
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No way, Nigel said promotion is the target, no retreat, no surrender!
Cate Fox
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Of course he will; every player we loan out becomes the one we are missing and the reason we are in a slump. Come on Matt, get with the programme ffs....
Biffa Bacon
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He's only played 8 games due to injury and then the loan of Keane, he is the second best central defender we have on the books and will almost definitely cost more to replace than we can get for him. If totally changing the team each season is the answer then someone is asking the wrong question.
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Blue Maniac
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Didn't we have about 200 right backs at one point?
Biffa Bacon
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We played about 8 in one match but that was a while ago
Matt_B
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As Nathan said though, he's not fit and hasn't played for a long time due to those injuries and Keane's good form. With six games to go, we can't afford to just throw him in and our defending has been fine (until the last few games) without him. The only reason we would need him in the run-in is through injury and I'm not convinced an unfit SSL is any better than a fit Moore.
You seem to be thinking this is the beginning of the end for him, it may be that he is still very much in Pearson's plans for next season but at the minute he is no use to us until he is fit.
M17TT C
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Bizarre and worrying.
He's a very talented player at this level, one of our few full internationals and I expected him to be starting in front of Keane once fully fit.
Surely we don't need to cut the wage bill already so fingers crossed he's been moved on to bring in one or two on loan for ourselves otherwise it looks as if the owners have given up on this year and are preparing for another year in the Championship.
^^There are 8 games to go and with our poor defending it seems ideal in having an experienced player coming back to fitness to sure things up a bit but obviously not the case.
He's a very talented player at this level, one of our few full internationals and I expected him to be starting in front of Keane once fully fit.
Surely we don't need to cut the wage bill already so fingers crossed he's been moved on to bring in one or two on loan for ourselves otherwise it looks as if the owners have given up on this year and are preparing for another year in the Championship.
^^There are 8 games to go and with our poor defending it seems ideal in having an experienced player coming back to fitness to sure things up a bit but obviously not the case.
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