i think he was made for the role of central defence myself you can see he clearly enjoys playing there, i think he is more then good enough to play there myself plus he is a local lad which is always a good thing
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He did well but the opposition didn't really put him to the test.He has sometimes been left on his ar*e by the likes of Henry . Both Carra and Sammi great defenders but together not the quickesr of pairings , could present problems .
thats what i was thinking watching liverpool last night especially how high we were playing up the field fast forwards would destroy us and we paly against 1 on saturday in DEFOE
If we're going to push up as we did the other night our CD has to have some pace because there will a lot of space behind us for the opposition to burst into (given the right ball) For example Owen or Cisse would have a ball playing on the shoulder of our two central defenders ,a good through ball and Carra or Sammi would be left for dead. We need at least one centre back with some pace/acceleration .
he aint too slow maybe not as fast as henry but he could keep up with players like viduka smith cole shearer n stirkers like that and i dont think 6'1 is short at al!