K Stand Knut
Full Member
Smalling has got used to being a starter again. Doubt he will want to go back to the occasional game from the bench.
I’ll have that.
I’m not sure how I’d feel about him starting for us again. I haven’t seen enough good things from any of his competitors to say he couldn’t tie a starting berth down.
If he can stay fit, which he normally does, he’s automatically better than Bailly, Jones and Tuanzebe.
And, I don’t think he is any worse than Lindelof, which I appreciate isn’t the best argument to play him but we have much bigger needs than a CB this summer, IMO, and the transfer funds should be concentrated on those areas