Two New Full-Backs Required?

9th June 2009

It is increasingly likely that Lincoln City manager Peter Jackson will be looking for two new full-backs this summer.

Right-back Paul Green has been diagnosed with a hip injury that will require corrective surgery during the summer. The operation combined with the recuperation time could see Green absent from first team football until January 2010.

It is a major blow for Lincoln, as Green, who was named as the Lincoln City's Player of the 2007/08 Season, is an integral part of Lincoln's defence. He has made 93 appearances for The Imps since signing from Aston Villa in January 2007.

Ironically, the answer would be to switch Lee Beevers from left-back to his more favoured right-back position. This though is unlikely to occur as Beevers, whose contract expires at the end of this month, is expected to leave the club. It is likely that Beevers will reject a new contract offer, which was made to him in January and re-offered to him last month.

Beevers has been heavily linked with Motherwell, but there is now a proverbial spanner in the the works as Motherwell manager Mark McGhee is favourite for the vacant manager's position at Aberbeen. Beevers is also being linked with a move to Colchester United.

This leaves Jackson with a dilemma: should he sign two new full-backs or not? The only alternatives that he currently has to Beevers and Green are youth team players combined with deploying left-midfielder Aaron Brown as an emergency left-back. This was a tactic that Jackson employed at the start of last season but it was clear that Brown is not a left-back. In fact, by doing this, new signing Brown came in for a lot of criticism from supporters who believed that he was a dreadful signing. It was only when Brown was moved to his left midfield role, that supporters could see that he was an asset to the team.

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