DC pulled no punches in the Mail yesterday with Lidds taking some flack:
“Things move on quickly and in large portions of those games Lidds [Gary Liddle] has been in there. People would say last year he was a big part of the record we had with him in the team where we hardly lost a game.
"That’s soon forgotten about because that’s not been the case in these friendly games so you move on and look to get better.
Clearly, Dave C has identified a problem. We all know that Liddle lacks pace at his age and has been exposed in the past by quick forwards and these recent friendly games have again cruelly demonstrated this. Now, I am puzzled why this is news? Liddle's lack of pace is well known, so he needs to be paired with a quicker player (Odusina) who can step in when speed is required, so what has changed? Is it that the new defenders we have signed are just as slow as Liddle so the defence is vulnerable to pace when Odusina is not in the team? If so, why blame it all on Liddle? Liddle is an excellent defender in many regards so it would be a shame if he falls out of favour. What do you others think?
“Things move on quickly and in large portions of those games Lidds [Gary Liddle] has been in there. People would say last year he was a big part of the record we had with him in the team where we hardly lost a game.
"That’s soon forgotten about because that’s not been the case in these friendly games so you move on and look to get better.
Clearly, Dave C has identified a problem. We all know that Liddle lacks pace at his age and has been exposed in the past by quick forwards and these recent friendly games have again cruelly demonstrated this. Now, I am puzzled why this is news? Liddle's lack of pace is well known, so he needs to be paired with a quicker player (Odusina) who can step in when speed is required, so what has changed? Is it that the new defenders we have signed are just as slow as Liddle so the defence is vulnerable to pace when Odusina is not in the team? If so, why blame it all on Liddle? Liddle is an excellent defender in many regards so it would be a shame if he falls out of favour. What do you others think?