I think the decision about centre half will be made in the summer.stevenmj wrote: ↑Sat Feb 01, 2020 9:48 am I find it amazing that nobody believes we need another Centre Back. Apart from the (usually) reliable Ogbonna we have a shot Balbuena, an out of form and struggling Diop, an untried youngster in Cardosa, and have shipped out Reid on loan who will probably never play for us again.
Added to the deficiencies in the full back areas I still see us struggling in defence for the rest of the season, even with more cover in central midfield.
Balbuena will be down to the last year of his deal then, while Winston is going off to play MLS for a few months to hopefully get back into the groove. At least one will go.
In the interim, I think Moyes will play a back 3 if needed,and maybe even put Rice back there on occasion. Also Cardozo has played top flight football in Portugal so is a bit different to most youth/U20 players.
With Haller and Soucek in the team we also have some very good headers of a ball to supplement the centre backs at set pieces.
It will be interesting to see what impact, if any, a more solid central midfield delivers assuming Soucek is alright.