Quote Originally Posted by the other bob wilson View Post
As has been mentioned earlier, Bulut's logic does not make sense here. If he is saying that, essentially, he wants eleven defenders when we don't have the ball, shouldn't it follow that he wants ten attackers (forget about the keeper!) when we do have it?

Based on what's been seen of him so far, Jamilu Collins doesn't contribute much in an attacking sense, Goutas and McGuinness only contribute from an attacking viewpoint from set pieces and Siopis (who's scored just twice in over three hundred career appearances) does not offer much going forward. The notion that any one of these (especially Collins as the only specialist left back we have currently) be left out because they don't score enough goals is ludicrous and yet, using Bulut's argument regarding Robinson and Colwill, isn't that what he should be doing?
Bob, you're talking about out and out Defenders. And making the case that what Bulut is asking from Robinson and Colwill are the same things as a dedicated defender. He isn't. What he's saying is that when we are out of possession, Colwill and Robinson need to show more urgency in the third they play in to win the ball back, he's not asking them to slot in at fullback, double up as central defenders, just work there area's in order to disrupt the attack at source. I'm not that keen on him calling players out, but in my opinion he's spot on with his observations.