Jarrad Branthwaite

[Audrey Horne]

@brap2 come on, please show us this.

[brap2]

I don’t wanna spread false news like but

[Bumble]

It was a pretty pathetic piece of defending to be fair.

All he needed to do was shepherd him away from goal and stay on his feet.

Went down like he'd been hit square on the jaw and was trying to get up to beat the count.

[brap2]

Looked class to me tbh brobbey but yeah I dunno why our cb is liking it

[Silas]

If we can't get this lad fit we might need another centre back. Really don't think O Brien is trusted enough

[AjaxAndy]

If we can't get this lad fit we might need another centre back. Really don't think O Brien is trusted enough

I think he can tbh, he's looked solid when played there and also made Tarks look a lot better too, compared to playing alongside Keane anyway.

Jake's had his Lescott season, and for me now needs to be playing CB week in week out, or at the very least until Branthwaite can prove his fitness.

[Silas]

I back the lad, think he's a good centre back with decent mobility. Just don't think Moyes does

[AjaxAndy]

I back the lad, think he's a good centre back with decent mobility. Just don't think Moyes does

Hard to know with us not signing an RB, feels more that Jake played well there last season under Moyes and he felt we'd get away with it for 12 months whilst we spent money elsewhere, only for it to actually end up being pretty awful.

If Moyes' previous is anything to go by, which by and large everyone feels for more things this is the case, then Jake's had his Lescott year and will now move centrally, with money being spent on a proper RB.

Time will tell I guess, but I think a manager who bought our two best full backs in decades isn't going to go another year with JOB and Myko at full back, so you'd hope Jake gets his turn at CB to prove his worth.

[Silas]

Hard to know with us not signing an RB, feels more that Jake played well there last season under Moyes and he felt we'd get away with it for 12 months whilst we spent money elsewhere, only for it to actually end up being pretty awful.

If Moyes' previous is anything to go by, which by and large everyone feels for more things this is the case, then Jake's had his Lescott year and will now move centrally, with money being spent on a proper RB.

Time will tell I guess, but I think a manager who bought our two best full backs in decades isn't going to go another year with JOB and Myko at full back, so you'd hope Jake gets his turn at CB to prove his worth.

Really hope this is the case as I don't think we are far away from better performances with at least one good fullback and a more mobile centre half. Add a creative midfielder of any description and you could see big strides.

[777Kidnappings]

Hard to know with us not signing an RB, feels more that Jake played well there last season under Moyes and he felt we'd get away with it for 12 months whilst we spent money elsewhere, only for it to actually end up being pretty awful.

If Moyes' previous is anything to go by, which by and large everyone feels for more things this is the case, then Jake's had his Lescott year and will now move centrally, with money being spent on a proper RB.

Time will tell I guess, but I think a manager who bought our two best full backs in decades isn't going to go another year with JOB and Myko at full back, so you'd hope Jake gets his turn at CB to prove his worth.

Spending the money elsewhere would be fair enough if it wasn't on a 6th choice winger, a 4th choice left back and a 2nd choice striker. Whoever at the club decided wed just manage without a right back shouldnt be allowed anywhere near recruitment again

[Bumble]

I'm not sure it wasn't within the realms of possibility that Moyes could have tried to fathom a right back solution from one of the many other options we have within the squad.

Rohl, Garner or Patterson could have been tried for more than 90 mins at a time so we could move JOB inside, where he showed that when we did so he was a more than capable centre half and the stats when he was there showed we were better balanced across the back four too.

Just lumping at 6'5" centre half out wide and cutting off any attacking down the right hand side for a full season seems pretty extreme and put so much pressure on the other side of the pitch to over compensate.

[AjaxAndy]

I'm not sure it wasn't within the realms of possibility that Moyes could have tried to fathom a right back solution from one of the many other options we have within the squad.

Rohl, Garner or Patterson could have been tried for more than 90 mins at a time so we could move JOB inside, where he showed that when we did so he was a more than capable centre half and the stats when he was there showed we were better balanced across the back four too.

Just lumping at 6'5" centre half out wide and cutting off any attacking down the right hand side for a full season seems pretty extreme and put so much pressure on the other side of the pitch to over compensate.

Imo he doesn't want to play Patterson as it weakens his argument for a new one in the summer.

Patto did ok when he came in and I think there's a very good chance that if we'd carried on playing him the board would have been reluctant to give him a new one.

[777Kidnappings]

Imo he doesn't want to play Patterson as it weakens his argument for a new one in the summer.

Patto did ok when he came in and I think there's a very good chance that if we'd carried on playing him the board would have been reluctant to give him a new one.

Really dont see that and if it is the case the club is in 1 gigantic mess.