Quote Originally Posted by Wilso8948 View Post
I don't think leaving Buijis out can be underestated. He is quality at the back for them. It's putting a hell of a lot of trust in the new kid Worland. They were also mentioning Calver at CB when he's naturally a LB. If they wanted to win the thing I think they needed their championship winning CB combination on the park.
I can't agree with this enough.

Buijs IMO was the first to be chosen for the ACL.

Seb Ryall leaving really hurt them at the back for backup etc.

Arnie builds his entire system around his back 6 of 4 defenders and 2 holding mids. Buijs & Wilkinson getting broken up is so confusing to me.

It would have been way easier to find an Asian attacker to replace one of Bobo, Nink or Adrian.

Relying on Warland and/or Calver and/or injured Grant just confuses me, and is the last thing I expected Arnie to do.

I think Buijs would be a terrific pickup for most other AL clubs, including us, but I think we'll find he's going to price himself out of the AL market pretty quickly.