Leaking 18 goals in 7 games is poor at any level.
Some people say you defend from the front, but it’s not like people are ripping us apart with their football and making loads of chances, it’s fundamental errors that we’re making, and we have to get them right.
But once the players cross that white line, they need to take ownership. The forwards are creating chances and scoring goals, but the defenders need to defend better.
That sounds to me that he is saying they are not actually very good at defending.
Conroy is still a long way from fitness.
Fryers is constantly injured and CB is not his natural position.
Baudry for me wasnt good enough in L2 let alone L1, he always made mistakes that in L2 were not punished as often because of the quality player he was up against.
Jury is out on Odimayo as he has played 2 poor games (Charlton & WBA) and 1 good game (Rochdale) and is still not fully fit.
Grounds looks decent but is converted fullback like Fryers.
Haines is out on loan.
Curran is blatantly nowhere near good enough.
To show you this is not a knee jerk reaction to a crappy cup result...
I am not convinced by Baudry & Conroy as a pair but I think Baudry has more about him than Conroy this year, Conroy has been at fault as well as Baudry and though both are decent players neither are solid defenders.
I can understand your comment, because we look better in attack the defence now looks weak in comparison, but for me all the defenders have been guilty of several mistakes in every game they have played except for Hunt.
Reid and Fryers have been guilty of letting players past them far too often but we have not defended the balls coming into the box as well as I think we should have.
Baudry and Conroy have both made many mistakes that with better finishing would have been costly, both guilty of at times very poor distribution.
Baudrey has been ok in the main but has always got 2 or 3 mistakes in his locker per game, the same applies to Conroy, his heading has improved but his stopping has gone backwards IMO.
As for goals directly attributable to them, I would say the 2nd at Cheltenham should have been cut out by Baudry.
Saturday the striker got in between both of them to score when neither was anywhere near the shooting player.
The goal at Exeter the striker who scored from 8 yards out was totally unmarked and was right between Conroy and Baudry under no pressure from either.
The 2nd goal vs Carlisle Baudry lets the striker accross his body 2 yards out so was at fault there.
They look like they will hopefully become a good pairing but they are both a bit behind the game at times and not reading it that well.
Just my opinion of course.