@ohstanleyaborah Hewitt needs to up his game, was god awful last season, if he doesn't up his game it's Tootle at right back and Audel at left back for me. The defence already looks a lot better on paper than it did last season...Sprockel ring any bells? ????????

 

He's just signed for Moniz!

Well I'm sure both wildin and Jordan Richards can play as full backs so there's will be lots of competition for places, hopefully!

You're kidding?!? Why would Moniz sign him again after seeing just how bad he was last season?

Audel may find himself as backup this year, but I would have him ahead of Hollis in the pecking order and might do OK in a structured defence, not the fluid let them walk straight through it non defence of last year.

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I see NKP has signed for Bradford.

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/36686597

9 hours ago, TheFostarr94 said:

@ohstanleyaborah Hewitt needs to up his game, was god awful last season, if he doesn't up his game it's Tootle at right back and Audel at left back for me. The defence already looks a lot better on paper than it did last season...Sprockel ring any bells? ????????

 

He's just signed for Moniz!

agree with you on this he became very complacent imo.

Raises questions on Ricardo's objectiveness. I was hoping Ricardo would have identified good players from the opposition teams in Polish and Austrian leagues. It just seems to me, he just brings his "buddies" be it in Hungary, Notts and now Eindhoven

On 1 July 2016 at 13:11, Fozzy said:

Duffy is a bit too short to play centre half, he's not even 6 foot. That wouldn't be so much of an issue as long as there is a much taller one alongside him, as long as that much taller one isn't Hollis!

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if you can read the game see the danger before it happens good postional sense you don't have to be tall.

 

Holis is 6tf3 or 6.4 and hardly is good if you have a footballing brain you can play anywhere 

2 hours ago, Modern Notts Fan ???? said:

if you can read the game see the danger before it happens good postional sense you don't have to be tall.

 

Holis is 6tf3 or 6.4 and hardly is good if you have a footballing brain you can play anywhere 

If you want high balls dropping into your box all the time then go with two shortish centre halves. This is league 2 after all, show me a short centre half with those qualities you list and he isn't playing at this standard.

Lionel Messi 5ft5 or maybe 5ft6 didn't he out jump Rio in a champions league game 4 years back or more to score the winner ?

Its all about the leap not the height izale 6ft how many headers as he won all season ?

duffy has expierence of defending in a higher league against better strikers.

Carl Dickinson can also play Centre back he's only 6ft not much bigger then Duffy I don't agree with this height.

If you can read the game have good postional sense decent fullbacks who stop crosses and close down wingers quick.

Its then a lot harder to jus hit balls in the box I also belive we still be looking for another centre back.

Cannavaro wasn't he only 5ft odd another good defender who's made a career of being under 6ft 

Lionel Messi 5ft5 or maybe 5ft6 didn't he out jump Rio in a champions league game 4 years back or more to score the winner ?

Its all about the leap not the height izale 6ft how many headers as he won all season ?

duffy has expierence of defending in a higher league against better strikers.

Carl Dickinson can also play Centre back he's only 6ft not much bigger then Duffy I don't agree with this height.

If you can read the game have good postional sense decent fullbacks who stop crosses and close down wingers quick.

Its then a lot harder to jus hit balls in the box I also belive we still be looking for another centre back.

Cannavaro wasn't he only 5ft odd another good defender who's made a career of being under 6ft 

Carles puyol was only 5"10 and was one of the best centre half's in Europe at one point, ideally you would want your centre half's to be big tall lads but I don't think 6ft is that small and thats what Duffy and dicko are

duffy an dickinson seem to be both vocal players, so i am not sure muscle is what we require but maybe a player who fight for a place that is just a good defender (height not being an issue).

 

i dont know knight-percival but we must have other options being scouted.

Lionel Messi 5ft5 or maybe 5ft6 didn't he out jump Rio in a champions league game 4 years back or more to score the winner ?

Its all about the leap not the height izale 6ft how many headers as he won all season ?

duffy has expierence of defending in a higher league against better strikers.

Carl Dickinson can also play Centre back he's only 6ft not much bigger then Duffy I don't agree with this height.

If you can read the game have good postional sense decent fullbacks who stop crosses and close down wingers quick.

Its then a lot harder to jus hit balls in the box I also belive we still be looking for another centre back.

Cannavaro wasn't he only 5ft odd another good defender who's made a career of being under 6ft 

The last really decent centre half that we had who could do that was Colin Foster and he was 6ft 4.

Look at the Man Utd sides of the last 25 years, they always had a centre half of at least 6ft 3in. Same with the last 4 English sides to win the champions league.

Our best centre half of the last 25 years was also 6ft 3.

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I disagree holis 6ft3 can't head a ball to save his life at times I'd rather have Cannavaro 5ft something.

over a 6ft2 Rio Ferdinand any day of the week in my view.

 

6 hours ago, Modern Notts Fan ???? said:

I disagree holis 6ft3 can't head a ball to save his life at times I'd rather have Cannavaro 5ft something.

over a 6ft2 Rio Ferdinand any day of the week in my view.

 

How many games did Cannavaro play for an English club in a flat back four?

Ferdinand also had Vidic alongside him who was a far better defender, Ferdinand was more of a ball player.

And Hollis is just a useless footballer full stop. Non league quality, nothing more.

I belive if Duffy has played 100 + games at port vale at CB in what is just as physical league as league 2 he can hack it.

If he had not played at CB I'd be concerned he's also played for Wales if he can defend its a start.

If he can leap an win the ball and not get pushed over its a start I think every one of the defenders brought in are a better choice and that area has been looked at.

I also belive we still will be chasing one more Centre back to complete that part.

 

I agree, all the defenders brought in do look to be an improvement on what we had before and will certainly be an improvement. When Duffy played at centre half for Vale, he was paired with a more aerially dominant partner and even describes himself as a ball playing centre half.