I am not sure how I feel about this one, as he can be very good. But is also prone to mistakes.
Apparently he has a niggling hip injury that needs the West Ham medics to evaluate. He is definitely out against the Toon tomorrow and probably for the long term.
Don’t think we have seen the best of him due to not playing regularly and when he has played he has been out of position.
A regular spot in central defence then we could judge.
Defender curse strikes again, as others have said, don’t think we’ve seen the best of him, though I haven’t been overly impressed. That said, he had a good game at Hudds, so I’d have liked to see him play v Derby and see if he could carry on that form.