Gandy wrote:
He really isn't according to what I've been hearing about his personal life and thats the reason the rumour about giving him the first 5 games came about. Should all come out in next few weeks!
What have you heard?
We have had over 3 months to sort the defence out and if anything yesterday looked worse than last season. A loaned centre back playing left back, a centre back "cult hero" that has not played seriously for over a year, another centre back that shouldn't play for another year and a right back that is average at best. Couple that with no support from midfield and it shows how deep the problem is.
All summer on message boards the fans have been divided over Bates - yesterday in the ground there was not much division and a lot of anger, and a few more performances like that and it can only get worse