Rockford's Love Child
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- John King
I don't believe there should be any 'sacred cows' but to remove McNulty from the team would mean dismantling a defence whose record has been superb for most of the last year. I am just wary of dropping such an influential player on the back of three or four poor performances, where the team as a whole has not performed, not just the defence. If our previously good defensive record was due in part to having Maynard or Harris in the side, all the more reason to restore them to the team as I have suggested previously.
You make a valid point about the team as a whole playing deeper under Brabin, which made life easier for McNulty. However, in MM's unbeaten first ten games we played a pressing game and got on the front foot, yet McNulty looked comfortable. Equally, his previous clubs must have been quite adventurous going forward but McNulty was still able to perform in them. At 32 he is hardly past it for a defender, and I doubt he is any slower than he was two years ago when he was judged one of the best defenders in the division above.
Time will tell regarding Mangan. I like him and hope he comes good again, but he is struggling badly at the moment.
You make a valid point about the team as a whole playing deeper under Brabin, which made life easier for McNulty. However, in MM's unbeaten first ten games we played a pressing game and got on the front foot, yet McNulty looked comfortable. Equally, his previous clubs must have been quite adventurous going forward but McNulty was still able to perform in them. At 32 he is hardly past it for a defender, and I doubt he is any slower than he was two years ago when he was judged one of the best defenders in the division above.
Time will tell regarding Mangan. I like him and hope he comes good again, but he is struggling badly at the moment.