Liam Cooper

3 minutes ago, deano said:

Just the kind of defender you need in league 1, id like to see him stay. 

Yes, get Bernard back too, and we've got the making of a good defence there.

Needed him on the pitch for those 2 corners may not have conceded with him there

I'd like to see him fit first, then we can see if he still has something to offer. There's no doubting he was a good player in his day but like Bannan he's getting on for a footballer and at some stage age will catch up with him. On the other hand his experience might be enough for him to be anasset to held guide young defenders around him and help them stay calm under pressure. 

Watching him play a couple of games when he is fit will soon let us assess him.  

8 minutes ago, Athelwulf said:

 

Yes, get Bernard back too, and we've got the making of a good defence there.

Tbf improving our defence isn't exactly a high bar.

Hopefully he can help Otegbayo really develop because he looked so comfortable on the ball yesterday and some of his vision and passing out of defence was absolutely superb, it's just the defensive reading side you worry about with him.

Liam Cooper has started well in my view. and looks decent in what they used to call the "second centre half" role.  Bernard when fit can also fill that role well too.

What I think we desperately need though is a tall imposing Centre Back in the 6 ft 3inch + bracket.  Helik would have been good but that ship has sailed as we all know that C was not prepared too spend any money.

I found conceding goals from corners so easily yesterday soul destroying. 

31 minutes ago, Paul.. said:

Hopefully he can help Otegbayo really develop because he looked so comfortable on the ball yesterday and some of his vision and passing out of defence was absolutely superb, it's just the defensive reading side you worry about with him.

His passing was good enough yesterday, although I'd not go so far as to call it ‘absolutely superb’. His basic use of the ball from the back has never been the problem, though, that, like you say, his defensive reading is.

Otherwise, he's made a couple of passing errors in his appearances, but no more than any of our other defenders.

A back 3 option of Cooper, Bernard, and Weaver is miles ahead of what we have at the moment.

17 minutes ago, Owls Loyal said:

Liam Cooper has started well in my view. and looks decent in what they used to call the "second centre half" role.  Bernard when fit can also fill that role well too.

 

What I think we desperately need though is a tall imposing Centre Back in the 6 ft 3inch + bracket.  Helik would have been good but that ship has sailed as we all know that C was not prepared too spend any money.

 

I found conceding goals from corners so easily yesterday soul destroying. 

Not half! They had 3 corners yesterday and scored off 2 of them.

Cooper also organises the defence, something we have not had in a  while

Is it me or do our centre half’s just seem to get way more injuries now than they used to. 
Football isn’t even as physical as it used to be. 
 

Appreciate cooper is experienced, but we need players that have no fitness doubts and can play 40 games a season without doubt

Cooper was always going to have fitness issues coming in off the back of a few months without playing, that's unfortunately the circumstances we find ourselves in. 

Need to see a bit more of him before signing him up for next season, although I agree he's the type on paper that would serve us very well in the league below.

1 hour ago, owler66 said:

Needed him on the pitch for those 2 corners may not have conceded with him there

I doubt he'd have got his head on the first one .