“When a team scores a lot of goals then that is down to the overall attitude of the side,” maintained the Bianconeri boss. “The same applies to the defence.”
i think Lippi is being ignorant here. when we score loads of goals, its because we have players such as del piero, trezeguet, miccoli, di vaio and nedved who all on their day can cause havoc against any defence. These players can still all play at the highest level, even if they are not inform. They bodies are up for it so to speak.
But, our defence is a different story. Players such as Montero, Ferrara, Iuliano, Pessotto are not physically up for it anymore, as rude as it may sound

Montero cant run, Ferrara has lossed agility, Iuliano has lossed it also.
so how is the overall attitude of the team going to help not conceed goals? have 7 players in defence?? even then, i think we may conceed goals at the moment.
facts are facts, we need a defender who has pace and can handle good forwards in europe, and now even serie A.
what does worry me is that if a youngster was to join, he would be still be on bench and the likes of montero would still be in the line up.
i'd rather have a younger player who is capable of keeping up with forwards with less experience than a defender who has all the experience in the world but cant do anything with it as his legs dont agree with his head.