I'd sooner have Richardson, but I could see why he has no chance of starting in the Villa team.
I hope he is better than Mattock!
Best we can get is a good player who is off form and he seems to fit the bill. On form players cost too much.
Correction:
I have just seen the highlights. Chicksen looks just as dodgy as before.
A new left back is essential. Experience and a bit of pace would help.
In the Championship lightning quick is not needed for a full back. Just ordinary quick will do.
However, very quick would be a bonus (like Bridge) as the rest of the defence is not blessed with pace and when opponents break away sometimes we can get caught with lack of ordinary pace at the...
Joe Bennett might be on too high wages? Say £20K ? Has he got the pace?
I though Stephen Ward was ideal. Chicksen was very (=extremely) worrying at first defensively (especially vs Derby) but it sounded like he played OK against Byram.