Hack Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 A LeicesterPool Poll To answer the question, I think we could do with a back-up left back and that is all. If St Ledger is injured we got Whitbread or Moore to step in at centre back, while De Laet will play right-back. Backup left back I would think is Schlupp!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ealingfox Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 If it wasn't the international break i'd suggest getting someone in loan, maybe Varane from Real Madrid? We have diplomatic ties now surely... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col city fan Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 Ashley Cole should come in I reckon... Shearer as Director of football.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmer Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 I'm pretty sure Matty James can play CB in a cover senario, I dont think we need any more cover just yet. Another couple of injuries then an emergency loan would def be needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thracian Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 Yes. Someone quick, versatile and who can pass the ball. If St Leger is out for four weeks minimum - plus perhaps another two matches to return to his best we're leaving ourselves thin if De Laet or anyone else fails to make it. Schlupp is probably adequate cover at left back but it's at right-back and centre-back I have my concerns. I really don't know about Whitbread. People have said he's a good player but I've seen no evidence of anything but a bloke who can't concentrate and whose distribution is careless and nothing like the standard we're trying to set for ourselves. If we've not seen the "real" Whitbread it still poses the question "why?" After all teams like Burton and Bristol City during their last almost totally unambitious half-hour on Saturday should hardly be "testing". And yet Whitbread dropped major clangers in both games and sent the ball every which-way but to a colleague with his head. Our fans have this way of rating and celebrating almost any new signing but you'd need a seriously understanding mind to be impressed with Whitbread thus far. No, I'm not saying he's hopeless. He does at least seem to have the technique and positional appreciation to do well. But would I trust him? Not yet by a long way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indierich06 Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 Yes. Someone quick, versatile and who can pass the ball. If St Leger is out for four weeks minimum - plus perhaps another two matches to return to his best we're leaving ourselves thin if De Laet or anyone else fails to make it. Schlupp is probably adequate cover at left back but it's at right-back and centre-back I have my concerns. I really don't know about Whitbread. People have said he's a good player but I've seen no evidence of anything but a bloke who can't concentrate and whose distribution is careless and nothing like the standard we're trying to set for ourselves. If we've not seen the "real" Whitbread it still poses the question "why?" After all teams like Burton and Bristol City during their last almost totally unambitious half-hour on Saturday should hardly be "testing". And yet Whitbread dropped major clangers in both games and sent the ball every which-way but to a colleague with his head. Our fans have this way of rating and celebrating almost any new signing but you'd need a seriously understanding mind to be impressed with Whitbread thus far. No, I'm not saying he's hopeless. He does at least seem to have the technique and positional appreciation to do well. But would I trust him? Not yet by a long way. I think it's just a complete lack of any match time, he's bound to be rusty. I saw him for Norwich a few times last season and during their promotion season, and he looked a class act. I just think it'll take some game time before he gets back to his best - hopefully, if he gets his chance now, he'll take it and make the position his own. This is certainly his best chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 Whitbread without a shadow of a doubt should make that position his own game time is the key, no amount of training works, game time does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesbrothers Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 Give Whitbread a run in the reserves over the break (assuming theyre playing games) to try and get him up to scratch, then give him a go. Granted, we've seen very little of him so far, but he does look very rusty and was a particularly weak link in the Burton defeat. I still think he can be a great player for us. Failing that, it can't hurt to pull someone in on loan - James Tomkins from West Ham maybe? Not getting game time and proved last season to be solid at Championship level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Fox Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 Maybe on the safe side it could be possible to bring in a CB on loan if Whitbread's game fitness is questionable but I cannot think of too many options that would come here to be a stopgap while St Ledger and Whitbread get back to fitness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fox42 Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 Why are people obsessed with chopping and changing the squad? We need a bit of stability! This. But fans are possibly a little cautious the fact that our squad is a tad too small? I see our squad as very versatile so we should be fine in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryn Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 I would see no harm in bringing in some defensive cover, we look a little thin on the ground. Doesn't mean dislodging any of our own players, just a bit of extra manpower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buzzell Posted 9 October 2012 Share Posted 9 October 2012 Someone in a loan couldn't hurt, preferably someone who can play multiple positions at the back, just as back up, especially for Konch. This Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accessory Posted 10 October 2012 Share Posted 10 October 2012 Give Whitbread a run in the reserves over the break (assuming theyre playing games) to try and get him up to scratch, then give him a go. Granted, we've seen very little of him so far, but he does look very rusty and was a particularly weak link in the Burton defeat. I still think he can be a great player for us. Failing that, it can't hurt to pull someone in on loan - James Tomkins from West Ham maybe? Not getting game time and proved last season to be solid at Championship level. Tomkins has played in West Ham's last two Premier games. Not convinced Allardyce will want to let him go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
accessory Posted 10 October 2012 Share Posted 10 October 2012 This. But fans are possibly a little cautious the fact that our squad is a tad too small? I see our squad as very versatile so we should be fine in the meantime. Defensive cover may well be there within the current squad. But is it of the standard we need? At least two of the three league defeats so far could have been avoided if an experienced, quality centre-back had been available alongside Big Wes, With St Ledger out for at least a month, another option may well be needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aus Fox Posted 10 October 2012 Share Posted 10 October 2012 In all fairness if we bring anyone in to cover they need to be up to this standard and match fit. What's the point in bringing someone in from the premier who hasn't played all year? Especially when it's only for a month or two. Whitbread Moore Morgan James can all play there we would be better off giving one of our own youngsters a shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trav Le Bleu Posted 10 October 2012 Share Posted 10 October 2012 With St Ledger getting injured i can see even more problems at the back, De Laet seems to pick up injures quite often. Looking at our back four it already looks weak as it is, if Nigel does decide to bring in a loan signing then my suggestion would be for possibly young upcoming defender Nathan Baker from villa, not sure if villa would loan him to the foxes but even if its a short loan it really would boost our defence even more? Anymore suggestions? We've got problems at the back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamafox Posted 10 October 2012 Share Posted 10 October 2012 Time for Whitbread to step up and make St Ledger work hard to get his place back once he's back to full fitness. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muzzy1981 Posted 10 October 2012 Share Posted 10 October 2012 If we are still looking very strong by the NY then I think we should go in for Chester or similar, maybe a young LB in January with an eye building for the prem. Sure Nige has a strategy in place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterpool Posted 10 October 2012 Author Share Posted 10 October 2012 Nathan Baker plays centre back & left back! so does he fit the bill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smudge_lcfc89 Posted 10 October 2012 Share Posted 10 October 2012 We really need to get rid of koncheski. im a nurvous wreck when ever he is near the ball! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ric Flair Posted 10 October 2012 Share Posted 10 October 2012 Looking forward to seeing what Whitbread can do over the next month. I do think Nigel will have one eye on the loan market as we've one or two delicate defenders and not 'much' cover. I'd be interested to see what Taft can do, but would Nigel risk another youngster at the back when we're this high up the league? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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