[Slick_Footwork]

Is anybody else worried about our defence?

The noises regarding Gibbs going are picking up and our back 4 for Saturday could be Cranie (if we sign him), Bartley, Hegazi and Townsend......does not fill me with confidence and buying the full back from League 2 strugglers Yeovil will not improve things.

Defence is a position of worry and even if we didn't sell anyone, I think we would need another centre half.

That said, we currently have Nyom, Dawson, Gibbs and Brunt at the club who are very capable. If any of these go, we would hope the money would be used to replace them, so I think it's highly unlikely that the defence you listed would start.

If Gibbs did go - and I've not heard the rumours myself - it would be more likely that Brunt would start at the left back and Barry or Field come into the middle of the park, rather than throwing Townsend straight in.

But you're right, we are definitely short there.

I think with the window closing early this year, it's actually created more worries than before. It was supposed to solve all of the uncertainty issues!