OUR NEW LEFT BACK

Stephen Crainey is an absolute rock defensively, hugely experienced and is good going forward, great left foot and can hit a free kick. Won 7 player of the year awards a year ago.

Why the persistence with lee Wallace? Crainey has more caps than him

why the persistence with Mulgrew? He wasn't even a regular at Aberdeen FFS!!

If we're gonna bring back one of our ex lb at least let's bring back one who is good

 

what about fabio aurelio? he's just been released by liverpool, injured quite a lot though, but maybe worth a punt

 

Nadir Belhadj would do a job. The positions jinxed though.

 

What happened to the scandinavian we were linked with lb i think he was the hardman of danish or swedish football i think.
sotti i think his first name was

 

Dont think Mulgrew is the answer, I like the look of Belhadj as well. Also young Kieron gibbs from Arsenal as a possible loan deal, he cant get in the Arsenal team because of Clichy. Misun is also a good shout if he can fully recover from his injury.

 

solvi ottesen i think his name is he looked good

 

thats the one.

YouTube - Hård, hårdare, SÖLVI OTTESEN! [HQ]

Looks more of a centre half or right back, still be a good addition to the squad.

 

Boy looks like a decent player, bit of pace about him. would like to see him go in for a 50/50 with a certain Kenny Miller :icon_mrgreen:

 

i would take NADIR BELHADJ he's been great at pompey and would do well up here

 

I would agree with trying to get Mulgrew or Wallace.
How about Paul Dixon from Dundee UTD? He gets forward quite well, good defensive abilities and a cracking free kick taker (you may remember him scoring a belter against us when we drew 2-2 with them at Parkhead in Jan last year).

Good point, the reason it worked before was because we played with Agathe and Thommo on the wings, both of whom have good defensive capabilities.

 

Mulgrew is a complete dud. He struggled to get a regular game for Aberdeen ffs

 

Misun is a left back not an attacking mid, but you can't afford to have your only left back as a 19 year old. Denis Aogo would be the perfect signing.

 

I think most people know this.

If your referring to my earlier quote about a 21 year old attacking mid, this was aimed at those thinking Graham Carey would be a candidate for lb.

 

this is totally out there but maybe razvan rat he was pretty good for romania in euro 2008 from what i remember plays for shaktar methinks.

 

we need to sign a left back who is good enough a player who can defend and good at going forward a would be happy with another hinkel only on the left hand side wallace at hearts na wouldny touch him or mulgrew a think search the market carefuly this time for experience weve bought to many duds for this position

 

I was told that Lawrence is left-footed. We may try with him at LWB in a 3-5-2. And Nagatomo of Japan-the trick is, he's right-footed and rather goes inside to pass or shoot than he wants to cross. He is good though. Manuel Pamić who plays in Sparta Prague is a pretty good LB.

 

belhadj,wallace,traore or gibbs

 

i think jamie hammil's worth a punt.if the budget doesn't stretch to getting a class out and out lb

 

Read this today :

'Arsenal could offer £7m plus youngsters Francis Coquelin and Armand Traore for FC Lorient defender Laurent Koscielny after an initial £4m bid was rejected.'
Full Story : Daily Mail.

If Arsenal are prepared to let Armand Traore go.... which wouldn't surprise me with Gael Clichy and Kieran Gibbs ahead of him in the pecking order, then we should definitely be looking at him. We should surely be able to compete with FC Lorient for signings so that shouldn't be a problem. He's only 20, and was actually playing regular Premiership football at 18 when he was on loan at Portsmouth. Currently a France under 21 international, but as I say, he's third choice left back at Arsenal. I've been really impressed any time I've seen him.


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lawrence is right footed