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[Albion] Who partners Lawrenson ?



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Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
24,877
Worthing
As our greatest ever centre back partnership.

Dunk or Foster ?
 




Cowfold Seagull

Cowfold Seagull

Fan of the 17 bus
Apr 22, 2009
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A good question actually, and very difficult to choose between them in my opinion. Dunk is perhaps the better footballer of the two, but then Lawro was very good with the ball at his feet as well, so perhaps big Fozzie alongside him would make a better combo?

I really don't know the answer, either pairing would do me though!
 




Stato

Stato

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Dec 21, 2011
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Obviously they'd all play: along with a goalie and seven other centre backs. (Ward to come on for the last ten).
 
















Not Andy Naylor

Not Andy Naylor

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Dec 12, 2007
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Seven Dials
studio150 said:
Simple solution play with a central 3 at the back.
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That would be immense.

It occurred to me that the Foster-Lawrenson partnership didn't play together as much, or as impressively, as we probably imagine. Foster came into the team in our fourth game in the old first division, and Lawrenson was injured in the next match at Spurs and missed nine games, during which Gary Stevens took over. When Lawro returned, he played in midfield at first and Peter Suddaby played alongside Foster.

Then in the 1980-81 season when they were the first-choice pairing, we struggled and needed four wins in our final four games to avoid the drop. There's an argument to be made that Foster and Steve Gatting in 1981-82 is our best-ever central defensive pairing - and Gatting wasn't even supposed to be a defender when we signed him.
 








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Habitual User
Oct 18, 2006
24,877
Worthing
Not Andy Naylor said:
That would be immense.

It occurred to me that the Foster-Lawrenson partnership didn't play together as much, or as impressively, as we probably imagine. Foster came into the team in our fourth game in the old first division, and Lawrenson was injured in the next match at Spurs and missed nine games, during which Gary Stevens took over. When Lawro returned, he played in midfield at first and Peter Suddaby played alongside Foster.

Then in the 1980-81 season when they were the first-choice pairing, we struggled and needed four wins in our final four games to avoid the drop. There's an argument to be made that Foster and Steve Gatting in 1981-82 is our best-ever central defensive pairing - and Gatting wasn't even supposed to be a defender when we signed him.
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I do think Gatting was underated because he played midfield and left back so you forget how good a centre half he was.
I wouldn’t have minded going for Lawro Foster and Dunk if we could play Bridge at wing back.
 




















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