02 Aug 2015 11:31:34
Just on the Craig Gordon incident yesterday where he was caught and some could argue a red card (which they did - naming no names)

This was Boyata's side - he looked quite clumsy? Early days for him and he's scored a goal to get us out of jail but what about the defending?

1.) 02 Aug 2015
02 Aug 2015 12:12:53
Boyata is certainly no Denayer and if VVD was to go then we could probably be looking at an Efe mark 2 situation.
I know it's early days and he has waded in with a couple of important goals, but he is making a lot of positional and possession mistakes; Hopefully he will come good with games and coaching?

2.) 02 Aug 2015
02 Aug 2015 12:51:32
I think he has shown enough to merit a bit more time.Granted he has made,i would say errors more than flat out mistakes,but he has bailed us out a few times as well.

3.) 02 Aug 2015
02 Aug 2015 13:06:31
Think Boyata defensively looks fine , always attacks the ball, his distribution was poor yesterday but who's wasn't? He missed Bitton coming short to take ball off him so time will tell though Big Bobo wasn't exactly silky on the ball

4.) 02 Aug 2015
02 Aug 2015 14:42:09
Yeah but when he gave away the ball on the halfway he stood and watched rather than get into position which almost resulted in CG being sent off. He was terrible yesterday.

5.) 02 Aug 2015
02 Aug 2015 15:31:10
Is this why Craig Gordon is being left exposed at times (also at the Scottish Cup semi-final), we are relying on our centre backs for goals and they are too far up the field.

Gordon's sending off at the semi-final came from a corner. I'm not defending Gordon here, he could have done better but it is leaving him vulnerable?

If we still had a Wanyama would the centre backs be in the box for corners? Maybe this is why Ciftci was signed, more a threat in the air?

I thought a few times in the 2nd half, Scott Brown was almost in a sweeper role. The last thing we need is the goalkeeper to be acting as a sweeper