GambianToffee
Player Valuation: £750k
As good as Branthwaite is, and he was excellent last year, I also think we have to remember that he is 22 and he's not peak Baresi.
Things will definitely get better with him there, but I don't think it's fair to blame how shaky we've been on his absence. It's a factor, but I think we have to be careful not to set the expectations that he comes back in and we're as defensively solid as we were last year.
It's got to be hard enough for a young player coming in to a team that is doing so poorly, without an entire fanbase pinning their hopes on him as well.
My biggest concern watching us at the minute is how easy we are to play through in midfield and Branthwaite will have a limited impact on that.