It's certainly affected the way that the team has been set up to play though - one man up top looking to hold the ball up, with very little / late arriving support.
Genuinely feel that you'd find it extremely hard to find someone who wouldn't agree with you that the defence does need strengthening, club def needs a leftback and a central defender at least, but given that is it the area that needs prioritising? Certainly not. Our goal difference is now -10...