A certain Scottish hairdryer once said “Attack wins you games; defence wins you titles”. As such, it seems a little strange that we’ve won the league title with the defence being arguably the most improvable area of our squad. That’s not to say that our rearguard is without merit of course; a truly bad defence would have led Carl Rushworth to not be in receipt of the league’s Golden Glove award, for a start. So what can be said for the units that make up our back line?
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Talking Points – Exorcism
What's in a curse? At least, in football terms, it could all be chalked up to coincidence. We haven't beaten Preston North End in league competition since 2007, but there was a 6-year period in that time where both clubs' paths diverged into differing divisions, so knock those 18 years down to twelve, and that … Continue reading Talking Points – Exorcism

