The defence is an area of the team that Lowe has badly neglected and it shows a flaw in his approach to management. He seems to take a childish delight in spending his budget on wingers and strikers whilst overlooking the obvious weakness in the squad !
The goalkeeper, together with 3 first team central defenders have virtually no football league experience before the start of this season. These are key positions and Lowe was very naive to think that mistakes wouldn’t be made. I understand that young players need to start somewhere, but when your whole defensive unit comes directly from youth team football it’s downright reckless. The only advantage is that it’s cheap and allows the budget to be spent on other parts of the squad.
Furthermore, and without knowing what goes on behind the scenes, I do wonder whether the club would benefit from a specialist defensive coach as some here have suggested.