Sure, he shouldn't have been signed as a starter, but as cover for a position where both senior players are (at best) injury prone and first choice is a centre back, it would have made sense. Would also have allowed Aznou some time to adapt to the league before he gets thrown in to PL football.
Neither was Coleman's debut game against Benfica, when he played left back, Tony Hibbert played in central defence and we lost 5-0. Sometimes needs must.
Nice and transparent from the club there.
Player
Injury
Scheduled Return
Jarrad Branthwaite
Hamstring
Unknown
Vitalii Mykolenko
Unknown
Unknown
Nathan Patterson
Unknown
Unknown
Adam Aznou
Unknown
Unknown