No problem mate. I don't think our defence is worthless, far from it but I don't think the balance is struck yet, and I don't think we're getting enough out of Maguire. I do think it is a bit unfair on him to buy him for 80m and then expect him to be quicker, or better 1vs1 for instance, or a huge leader. I never saw him as a leader, organiser and team player, more just a very good unit that plays his own game very well kinda like Smalling. The least we could do for him was to give him a partner with some pace to help him out initially.
Also I do not have faith in Lindelof, hate his style of defending and his passing out from the back is only slightly better than Smalling. He has it in him to pass himself out in a crowded area, but he does what Smalling does consistently anyways so there isn't any actual difference. Even Smalling does those things occasionally too. I don't think he'll ever change his defensive style, which I've come to hate. It is not what he does, it is what he don't do. He can't grab a hold of the game and it puts us under pressure, just sick of watching it. He even did the pass behind Maguire thing quite a few times the last game too, which is precisely what people twisted their panties over with Smalling. It never annoyed me with him because it doesn't really matter that much, it's just a sign he is weak on the ball when it matters but Smalling is just safe with it, not careless so never gave a shit. With Lindelof I do expect him to be a lot better than Smalling on the ball and he isn't, and his defensive side is weak. To top it off, he doesn't provide any sort of balance to get the most out of Maguire.
Simply put, get Smalling back and lets see how that goes before spending another 100m to replace Maguire or whoever.
We can't buy another defender now, but we can't keep playing with Lindelof when it doesn't work, and I never want to see Jones and Rojo either for two-three more years while we wait and hope Tuanzebe is good enough.