Only seen him twice but looks to have a lot of skill and awareness.

Agreed, it's the forwards that need a rocket. In any defence mistakes happen and are usually magnified.

It's interesting. EVO does decry missed chances but he is uncritical specifically. He even describes a miss penalty as occurring within the normal ebb and flow of a game. However, defensive frailties are seem as unacceptable.

I guess it's a pattern repeated in life everywhere. No one remembers the 99 successful or good outcomes, or daily contribution of effort and thoughtfulness when things go wrong.

The thousands of successful medical interventions v the one lapse in concentration.

The hundreds of GP consultations v the incorrect diagnosis.

The millions of car, and plane journeys v the odd error resulting in calamity.

The harsh word to a loved one v years of dutiful and loving relationship.

Years of work service v an illness and redundancy.

The provision of all our daily comforts and exorbitant lifestyles v the shop that's closed or the delivery that goes astray.

-- Edited by ian on Monday 29th of December 2014 03:19:01 AM

Tend to disagree really.

Arnie is flawed in my opinion as a central defender. I would like to see him back in midfield and I think we would do well to get a pacey centre back of quality. Our back line has proved to be fragile at best. Put Arnie in front of the back four and compliment him with Frecks, Smallwood and Ledesma would I think bring a more solid structure into place. Add Becchio into the mix who would feed Ledesma and JCH (To be given an extended run) and we might start to have a winning formula. It's the cheaper option as centrebacks don't cost as much as strikers. If that fails then we need to make a move for Nahki Wells and really break the bank. He's out of favour at The Terriers and would score goals for us ! Unfortunately, I think £2million is the minimum we will need to pay for a Championship striker.