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Jhon Lucumi - Transfer Rumour


Whilst until recently we were all saying we needed two centre backs, I did think this one was dead in the water after signed Alderete.

That's primarily because when we announced Alderete, Speakman called him out directly as a left centre back. That tells us the club does think about the left and right balance and both Lucumi and Alderete are very much left centre backs.

The belief we'd moved on from Lucumi was strengthened even further after we signed Mukiele, who though primarily a right back, is more than capable of playing RCB and you would consider him more then just emergency cover there.

It does make you wonder about where the club sees the CB partnership going and I guess it also tells you that Mukiele is seen very much as a right back first and foremost.

I suppose we wouldn't be having this discussion is we were talking about two right footers, but like I say it's just a bit more intriguing given Alderete was specifically referenced as a left centre back.
 
Hulkster said:
Whilst until recently we were all saying we needed two centre backs, I did think this one was dead in the water after signed Alderete.

That's primarily because when we announced Alderete, Speakman called him out directly as a left centre back. That tells us the club does think about the left and right balance and both Lucumi and Alderete are very much left centre backs.

The belief we'd moved on from Lucumi was strengthened even further after we signed Mukiele, who though primarily a right back, is more than capable of playing RCB and you would consider him more then just emergency cover there.

It does make you wonder about where the club sees the CB partnership going and I guess it also tells you that Mukiele is seen very much as a right back first and foremost.

I suppose we wouldn't be having this discussion is we were talking about two right footers, but like I say it's just a bit more intriguing given Alderete was specifically referenced as a left centre back.
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Added bonus that Lucumi will have mastered the dark arts that Italian league CBs are great at.
 
Hulkster said:
Whilst until recently we were all saying we needed two centre backs, I did think this one was dead in the water after signed Alderete.

That's primarily because when we announced Alderete, Speakman called him out directly as a left centre back. That tells us the club does think about the left and right balance and both Lucumi and Alderete are very much left centre backs.

The belief we'd moved on from Lucumi was strengthened even further after we signed Mukiele, who though primarily a right back, is more than capable of playing RCB and you would consider him more then just emergency cover there.

It does make you wonder about where the club sees the CB partnership going and I guess it also tells you that Mukiele is seen very much as a right back first and foremost.

I suppose we wouldn't be having this discussion is we were talking about two right footers, but like I say it's just a bit more intriguing given Alderete was specifically referenced as a left centre back.
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Said earlier on thread,I thought the idea of signing the LB meant we could move Reinaldo to LCB.I was surprised when we continued with Lucumi .I would rather we started building the strike force up .
 
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