Neville Kneville
Well-Known Member
Very true. Which is why we should stop buying the most expensive tickets. The amount of money we've thrown away on centre backs over the last few years is insane.
Stones one hopes, is going to get better. But Mangala and Otty? We might as well have spend fifteen mill on a pair of Championship or lower Prem stalwarts.
Defenders are being signed for their 'footballing skills'.
Imo, if that's the criteria, teams would be better off spending a few years behind the scenes converting tall midfielders into defenders as, in reality, 'footballing defenders' aren't particularly good footballers.
Edit: fair play to Otamendi for stepping up & doing Stones' job for him, better.