Quote Originally Posted by Fats View Post
Why are so many people worried about how fast a defender is, especially at CB.

Two names for you Adams, Bould!!!!.

Bould couldnt catch a bloody cold let alone Joey Deacon so I am not so sure as a CB speed is a major factor.
To be fair when Adams & Bould were in our defence we actually use to train defence and they both had the knowledge & know how to compensate for their lack of speed. We also didn't play such a high line.

We don't necessarily need a really speedy CB, but we certainly need one who can hold his own speed wise. Because we play a high line, the only way we'll get away with a slow-ish defender is if either the said defender is tactically brilliant, Samba & Mertesacker aren't. Alternatively we'd have to change our defensive tactics to accomodate a slow-ish defender. The likes of Samba & Mertesacker aren't good enough for us to change our defensive system.