WimbGH Royal [quote="TBM]
Teams are picked to win games, surely?!......When fit, Ferdinand will be at the back with Pearce - we can then send the likes of Cooper out on loan to gain first team experience (which is better than him getting 8mins off the bench for us) - we then take someone like Maguire in on loan, as that cover that Cooper leaves space for.[/quote]
Thats a fair point. But in all fairness Cooper hasnt looked completely out of space when he's made his little cameos, he's sufficient cover for Hector I believe. I don't feel we really need a CB unless it was on a perm to be picked ahead of Hector or Ferdinand. For a loan I'd rather put the wages towards getting in a striker or left winger.[/quote][/quote]
Cooper has looked OK but do you really want to throw a young centre back into the grind of the Championship without any real experience? What happens if he gets torn apart by a Nakhi Wells and loses his confidence? I'm not against using him as a stop gap but relying on him to be the backup if we have a significant injury crisis is asking for trouble.[/quote]
As a 4th choice I dont think he's too much of a risk. In my opinion we have sufficient cover at CB and next to none at left wing. Obita should always be played as left back, and Taylor doesnt impact the game enough when played there, largely helped by playing Cummings at LB but still... Blackman works best when cutting in from the right, I guess McCleary could play LW with Blackman RW but then we'd have two inverted wingers and be relying too much on the LB and RB for width. Basically we need a left winger