[Redraine]

Hey, Bob, I thought I might just put on my coat and walk the 300 yards up to your house for a discussion, but a) you might not be in and b) you can't interrupt me on here! You and I are never going to agree on Luke Joyce, but after every game, without fail you tell me "Joyce was defending too deep again". I usually refrain from responding as I'm sure poor Laura doesn't want to hear 2 old gits going at it hammer and tongs.
However, whenever Luke puts in one of his trademark crunching tackles and puts in a slide rule pass out to his winger, left or right for them to get to the byline in accordance to your (and mine) favourite attacking ploy, I always smile to myself about him " defending too deep". With all due respect, it's meaningless.
Footballers aren't static chess pieces, they have to follow the action, or would you rather he stations himself permanently in the opposition half? If he defends "too deep" then that's as a result of the way the formation is planned. Incidentally, I agree that 5-3-2 means our wingers are not deployed efficiently enough and wish we played with proper full backs.
Anyway, I know my footballing experience pales in to insignificance compared to yours (my school 2nd team occasional left winger, as opposed to your fully fledged Stanley reserves from the wilderness years) so maybe you can enlighten me further mate!