I agree that the added solidity will help us long term

and that it was something that we desperately needed during the final third of last season.

It's nice to know that when we are utterly useless on the ball/going forward we can actually rely on some sort of resiliance at the back. Last season it was a case of counting down the time until the first goal was conceeded. This time around I'm expecting plenty of clean sheets, especially with Ruddy there when our defence does make a rare mistake.

Having said that, I think that Lambert's tinkering with team personel (as you touched on) had a lot to do with our poor run in as much as anything. Giving Ward a run in the team when he was regularly poor while trying to bed in Ryan Bennett at the same time wasn't the best of ideas.

Posted By: Common Sense Police on September 17th 2012 at 14:06:21

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I'm not too worried but... (NCFC) - Cart Gap Disco, Sep 17, 13:30:33
- If Hughton being slightly more cautious than Lambert (NCFC) - Klobo04, Sep 17, 14:02:54
  - will mean much more boring football (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 17, 15:33:58
- Ultimately, it will be that which brings us success in the second half of the year (NCFC) - pants, Sep 17, 13:49:33
  - I agree that the added solidity will help us long term (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Sep 17, 14:06:21
    - I actually think we could control and 'kill' a game we were leading this year (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 14:15:51
    - People spent most of last season crying out for a decent centre back (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:08:35
      - I really like Garrido, the only player on Saturday who actually tried to keep the ball (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Sep 17, 14:28:37
        
        He's my new cult fav player too (NCFC) - pants, Sep 17, 14:42:28
        
        He's still faster than Lappin (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 17, 14:40:30
        
        I'm probably faster than Lappin... (n/m) (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Sep 17, 14:43:06
  - Yep, I think Hughton is a shrewd cookie (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 17, 14:02:17
    - yep, hopefully the hoot will see the Wes Light (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:05:33
  - I think you are probably right (NCFC) - Cart Gap Disco, Sep 17, 13:55:19
    - I'll see what I can do, lost a yard of pace these days though. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Sep 17, 14:40:11
  - yes. (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 17, 13:51:17
- He has a more defensive mindset than Lambert, and less flair (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:38:57
- i'm going to wait a little while before i compare hoots to lambert (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 17, 13:35:58
  - Well that's all very sensible. Boo to that. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Sep 17, 13:42:30
- taking jackson off was a mystery to me, leaving holt on for as long as he did... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 17, 13:33:50
  - I imagine he was a bit f**ked with all the international travel (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Sep 17, 13:47:00
  - jacko was jetlagged.had travelled over 10,000 miles in 5 days. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 17, 13:37:23
  - Yes, but Holt would have taken that chance late on.... (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Sep 17, 13:35:39
    - oh, in that case.... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 17, 13:42:59
- guess we'll never know if bringing Wes on (NCFC) - South_West_Canary, Sep 17, 13:32:32
  - there was no space at all in the middle for Wes to operate in (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 13:39:47
    - He would have made space...it's Wes. (n/m) (NCFC) - Toddus, Sep 17, 14:30:49
    - Can't see why we should think twice about playing our best player (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Sep 17, 14:00:19
      - Best player? (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 14:12:05
      - You do realise Barcelona drop Messi when faced with big and powerful teams (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:01:57
    - Yes, we had 8 corners..none of which were good (n/m) (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Sep 17, 13:40:29
      - Agree. I raised my voice more than once against Surman. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 17, 13:42:42
        
        Yes, you nearly woke up the Wensum area shouting like that! (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Sep 17, 13:44:34
        
        We did a "Harry, Harry Kane.......Harry, Harry Kane" to the tune of Daddy Cool (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 17, 13:47:23
  - Exactly. Hughton didn't want to risk it (NCFC) - Cart Gap Disco, Sep 17, 13:38:22
    - we had the chance to win it though (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 13:43:16
      - We may have had a chance, but we certainly were not "going for it" (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:45:13
        
        Maybe we were but they just defended well (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 13:53:52
        
        lol we couldn't even be bothered to put strikers in the box (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 17, 15:37:08
    - Lambert would have gone for the win (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:40:14
      - Hoots needs a couple of wins and the crowd behind him before he does that (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Sep 17, 13:42:46
        
        wtf (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 17, 16:33:02
        
        Completely disagree, we won't stay up with draws. (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:44:43
        
        the last three games we have been the better team and created most chances (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 13:50:25
        
        4 games against mid table teams (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:57:17
        
        Pilks & Benno not being fit has rather limited his options though (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 14:01:05
        
        formation change (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:02:25
        
        Lambert's formation changes won us many games (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:03:01
        
        Wes? (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:02:11
        
        If he had changed it late and west ham got a winner, he would have been crucified on here. (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Sep 17, 13:48:29
        
        By the normals. He clearly has a very defensive mindset. (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:50:36
        
        Has he? (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 13:55:51
        
        playing an attacking midfielder as a defensive one (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:57:59
        
        Lambert did it a fair few times (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 14:02:48
        
        Hughton did not go for the win in any of those 3 games (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:04:37

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