Who Needs Mourinho
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I’ve had my say on Lewis above as Stocky points out when Horsfall went down injured we saw him start two games before Byrne (Tranmere’s fourth choice CB) was brought in and immediately replaced him in the team.It's interesting reading other people's opinions on players and how different they can be.
Joe Lewis on the whole is a pretty solid League 2 CB. He's an absolute unit with his strongest position being the centre of a back 3. Isn't amazing on the ball, but is good enough. Had a couple of MOTM performances last season (thinking Orient away in particular).
Hussey was easily one of our best signings last season. I don't get the comment that he didn't have legs to get forward. He spent most of his time getting forward and crossing the ball into the box (he managed 6 assists from LCB). When he played against us for Port Vale in the cup, MSH went at him over and over again and Hussey came out on top every time. A proper solid defender who's great on the ball. He'll need replacing for sure.
At the weekend when push came to shove Lewis was dropped and when we brought a CB on to go back to three at the back after Wright’s injury and the original reshuffle it was Byrne who he trusted to bring on in our most important game of the season.
Hussey was at fault for five Salford chances in the second leg alone. He took 90 per cent of our set pieces so I’d hope he had some assists. He did get forward at times of course but then he struggled to get back. It’s not his fault his legs have started to go but you could see that was happening because when he was asked to play LWB we got nothing from him.