Locutus wrote:
I'm not worried about Nicholls, yes he's got areas he can improve, and yes, Martin was probably a better keeper, but alot of fans had it in for him from day one and I honestly havn't seen too much that worries me. Not in the context of our season anyway. I dread to think where we'd be without Nicholls this season. He doesn't have the luxury of being able to rely on his defenders like Martin did, what I'd give to have Fadz and kay back in central defence.
Think you might have a point there. Martin over his time here generally had more solid CB pairings to protect him, whereas Nicholls has had to deal with more error prone CBs this season. Not saying EEL and Wootton have been bad all season, but if you compare them to any of our other CB pairs over the past decade or so, they are probably fairly low down the list in terms of reliability.