Defence sorted? (20 Viewers)

[GaryJones]

This is one area of massive improvement under Lampard - this really pleases me and what has almost gone unnoticed is that over the last 6 games we’ve only conceded 3 (bettered only by Burnley).
I think there is hope for this season yet!!

 

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[Londonccfcfan]

This is one area of massive improvement under Lampard - this really pleases me and what has almost gone unnoticed is that over the last 6 games we’ve only conceded 3 (bettered only by Burnley).
I think there is hope for this season yet!!

1 goal conceded in under 90 minutes...
Excluding injury time goals.

 

[mmttww]

Not until they can keep clean sheets playing a back four. Let's give it 10 more games and see if it's the norm.

 

[dadgad]

Plain weird that Dovin hasn’t played more….Kitch too. Both inspire confidence.

 

[The watchmaker]

Having kitching back is massive. Cynic in me worries that maybe it is just a transfer window thing but if he is 'back' back then CB isn't the priority it once was. We are still conceding chances and to a degree Dovin is papering over cracks but that is what a top notch keeper gives you and you can see the players in front of him are responding to that.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Plain weird that Dovin hasn’t played more….Kitch too. Both inspire confidence.

We kept a clean sheet in something like 75% games played with Kitching in the team (this season, albeit a small sample too), with the only game we conceded being Leeds away for a time.

When I, and others, raised this and the comparative lack of clean sheets of other defenders playing in the team (Lati and Binks), apparently it was all a coincidence.

My personal belief is that, had Robins kept faith in spine of the team of last season, he’d still be our manager.

 

[Mucca Mad Boys]

Having kitching back is massive. Cynic in me worries that maybe it is just a transfer window thing but if he is 'back' back then CB isn't the priority it once was. We are still conceding chances and to a degree Dovin is papering over cracks but that is what a top notch keeper gives you and you can see the players in front of him are responding to that.

Dovin is a good keeper and just needed to grow into the role. He was dropped in September for Wilson who is a solid role player, isn’t a number one we need to take us forward.

 

[clint van damme]

Not until they can keep clean sheets playing a back four. Let's give it 10 more games and see if it's the norm.

If we're winning games and keeping clean sheets why change it?

 

[Tommo1993]

Don’t know what, more who thought it best to keep Dovin and Kitching out. Maybe they’d still be here if they did what was right…