The Liam Ridgewell, who's signing caused many on here to go into spasms of apoplexy because he was a CB, and therefore not a proper LB, and therefore sh|t?
Besides which, our third choice LB might not be as good as our first and second choice LBs (understandable, that!) to call but to imply...
Neither can I, of course.. Sometimes teams will be forced to play their third choice player (because of injuries and/or suspension; not because the manager has made a mistake). I just happen to think that our third choice left (or right) back is pretty good for a third choice. Perhaps we should...
Fair enough. Now name me a better third choice left back in the entire Championship. Just try , eh?
Of course, nobody wants to be in the position of having to play their third choice in any position, but sometimes it will have to happen. Name me a better third choice. Anybody...
Sorry. The club are notorious for not divulging information about the players' injuries. I really didn't know about the ingrowing toe-nail. That's awful - out for about 6 months, right?
Yes, players are sometimes asked to play out of position. Sometimes they even do a job. Sometimes even young defenders do play a few games as full backs before being entrusted with a CB role (Steve Cook and John Stones spring to mind, for example).
Still, if Goldson can do a better job at RB...
Our third choice right back would be better than our 4th. choice right back playing there. Have you just lost count of our RBs?
(Anyway, our third choice RB - who is also our third choice LB - is, in my opinion, probably the best third choice full back in the league. It is never ideal...