When are Rovers going to learn to defend the wings, it's always the same every week.

It's not just about Lynn. Every winger we put on that side has the same problem to a greater or lesser degree - even Saint Richard of Whiting. Now we've either employed a lot of dumb wingers over the last several seasons or there's a structural problem. I know which is more likely, although it doesn't fit in with some folks deep-seated need to scapegoat.

Have you watched the highlights of the Bulls game? Two fantastic examples of why we struggle.

Thought I'd accidently gone on the wrong forum for a minute

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You raise some valid points, indeed we have struggled for a while, lack of quality centre on the right has contributed to this..However it does pain me to say Lynne would struggle with the best centre, his one on one tackling is poor, plus like I say his positioning, I would like nothing better than him to improve to SL standard as I very much support any local lads which ever club, but I am not confident...I do not particularly do scapegoats I tend to call it as I see it, though it is only my opinion of course.

Although this thread seems to have not only drifted off topic but onto a completely different club it does raise a very valid point. Wingers / centres seem to be the scapegoats for poor defensive structures and abysmal sliding defence at both sides of the city. I do think ours stems from poor central defence sucking in the backrowers and then no speed to slide the defence and ending up with a 2 (or more) on 1 on the winger. End result is you end up with wingers with shot confidence and poor performances. Fox for us and to a lesser extent Briscoe at FC have both dipped badly in form over this year.
The FC edge problem is a little harder to understand because they do seem a solid pack unit and as such the defence shouldn;t be as sucked in as ours.

Chat thread innit.