Liam Scales

Have to agree. I think in fairness this is actually an area where we have still a lot of room to improve on where we are at. For the left both Trusty and Scales are decent but clearly not at a level that CCV is at when fully fit. I don't see us selling both though. Facts are we play 60 odd games a season so we need 4 center backs. CCV is number one on the right but we need a solid option to back him up. On the left Scales and Trusty for me are both good back up options but we need to go and buy a really powerful dominant left sided center back. If we can sell Lagerbielke, Nawrocki and then maybe we could at least recoup the money we spent on Trusty that would give us plenty of money to sign a quality left center back and a back up for CCV on the right. We paid about 7m euro for Trusty so I am guessing his wages are probably higher then Scales so moving him on if we can get at least 7m euro for him which I would think is possible would make the most financial sense if a buyer can be found.

 

Listening to some of the podcast reactions to the Hun game. Baffled that he seems to be getting hammered for Raskins offside goal, which was great defending as a team, they had 3 offside if he dropped back covering then be breaks the line and play them onside. * everyone. That was our only good defensive play for set pieces that full game.

He’s not been mentioned for their actual goal, which I don’t fully blame him for but expect him to do better and would deserve some criticism for that, we’ve seen him be far more capable in those situations before. It’s not really been mentioned in 3 different podcasts but they’ve all mentioned the offside goal and labelled him poor.

* weird

 

I just often find Trust to make everything look more difficult. If we are playing someone at home and it gets battered 60 yards to a striker and Cal Mac is 10 yards away, Scales wins it and heads it to Cal Mac and Trusty just heads it away

 

Trusty has been at fault to a larger degree than Scales was against Dessers, and Scales was poor for that no argument for that, but Trusty has done worse for a lot more goals we’ve lost.


Him being dropped was overdue. Trusty has it in him I think, so up to him to prove his reliability. CCV is out for a bit to get him ready for the final, so it’s both Trusty and Scales now. I want a reaction from Trusty, he’ll be RCB so I’ll forgive a lot that comes along with him not being on the left where he’s more natural but I want to see strength, passion, concentration and decisiveness from him.

He has all the attributes, up to him to show it. I keep seeing the Atalanta game being pointed at for proof of his ability. A game that Scales was better in, got MotM and deserved it. Trusty being £6.5m signing got him his place longer than it would otherwise. But I’ve seen enough to think he can be much better, it’s mental strength now. He needs to show steel.