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  1. Posted

    5 minutes ago, JonnyJonnyRowe said:

    I'm going that the point of Hwang going back to Forest is to free up wages for another senior player on loan. Although admittedly that's about as optimistic as I can get.

    Here's hoping for a Skipp type of loan that actually helps and not the countless others ones we've had which have been a waste of money 🤷🏻‍♂️

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    3 hours ago, Grando said:

    You mean the thought of a youngster from Motherwell (yet to play a senior game for them) doesn't make your heart race!?

    This will probably be the extent of our activity.

    Another young lad with "potential" who's potential we'll never get to see.

    Been there so many times but that's the only pond that we can afford to fish in.

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    3 minutes ago, hogesar said:

    All I'm sure of is if he complained to the FA about that Southampton player penetrating him, half the fans on here would claim it was Mclean's fault anyway.

    Well he is the wrong side of the ball 😬

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    3 minutes ago, First Wazzock said:

    With the team we have we should be doing miles better than this. Which makes me think the coaching is pants, and Wagner doesn't even know his best line up. It looks like we are down for a thumping on Monday - I'd love to be wrong - in which case the crowd will give them well deserved pelters

    To many not good enough and to many not working hard enough.

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  10. Posted

    To get out of this mess we are going to have to rely on a manager with the ability to bring in young up and coming talent.

    I think Frank Lampard would be a terrible choice but someone with connections to the big clubs where we can borrow ones they have or get the best of those not quite ready would be a sensible route to go.

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    8 hours ago, Duncan Edwards said:

    So you’d have preferred we hadn’t scored? Weird. Might be the goal that keeps us up…

    I was being sarcastic, clearly scoring a goal is a positive but I'd have preferred we didn't concede 3.

    My point being that if people think that this outweighs his inept ability to protect our back 4, then we have a bizarre set of fans.

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    20 minutes ago, Petriix said:

    My reasonably valid complaint is that in doing so, he abandons the most important duty of anyone in his role. Ultimately it's beyond ridicule for the deepest midfield to charge forwards (either with the ball or in the press) when the fullbacks are already ahead of the ball. 

    Exactly this 👍

  14. Posted

    3 hours ago, The Bristol Nest said:

    Exactly. I usually switch off when someone claims parity with professional top level coaches.

    Who claimed parity 🤷🏻‍♂️

    They would be UEFA A qualified, sadly I'm only UEFA B.

    Appreciate on this discussion board trying to be factual or logical or putting some logic to an opinion isn't the done thing, so maybe next time I'll act like others and just rant or just mock those that don't agree with those that know everything.

  15. Posted

    9 minutes ago, Indy said:

    What I saw today is that we overload our wings we have two wingers and the wingbacks push up with them that’s four played wide leaving massive space down the flanks and we get picked off into that space! But even worse we play with one striker who can’t header a ball! What’s the point of having width of you don’t plan to use it?

    Agree, but it shouldn't happen. When you play a system with full backs pushing on its even more important that one of the central midfielders sits between the 2 centra halves and they make a 3.

    We don't do that hence why as you said we get so exposed. 

  17. Posted

    7 minutes ago, Graham Paddons Beard said:

    Blimey. If Kenny caught your eye today as a liability I’m assuming you didn’t watch 6 of the other players? 

    Sounds like you think he's not at fault?

    Of course I watch others, Sara gives it away to much, Giannoulous gets caught out of position to much, Hernandez has one way if playing that is obvious to the anyone with a brain, well maybe a football one anyway.

    I don't watch football with rose tinted glasses on and as "captain" he needs to lead from the front, he doesn't do that and he causes a lot of the problems we have.

    Someone commented about when Skipp was here, he was a proper DM so allowed McLean to play with less to think about, now he has to think, he's struggling.

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    1 minute ago, hogesar said:

    Hes been one of our best players this season and despite previously being the scapegoat most fans at the ground have generally caught on and we've even have his name sung at multiple times this season.

    It's also irrelevant what I'm selling. This is 4 managers in a row who make him a key part of the side. I strongly predict the next guy will do too.

    And the next manager will find himself in the same situation unless that manager realises that he is not a defensive midfielder, him picking up the ball deeper than the centre halves is not his job and him being caught out of position continually causes a problem for the defence.

    If the next manager realises that then the manager will have more success.

    Playing McLean in there with someone who knows how to defend and knows how to hold position will make the side better. Stupidity is doing.the same things over and over and expecting a different result.

  21. Posted

    4 minutes ago, Petriix said:

    The biggest deficiency is when out of possession. Tracking runs, knowing when to press the ball and when to back off or how to force a player wide and slow an attack down. Kenny is poor at all of these things. 

    Completey agree, but none of that matters when he makes one good run during the game then overhits the pass.

    Him playing in that area of the pitch is what has caused problems week after week because it leaves the defence so exposed.

    We've all said it a million times but getting a proper DM in this side would make such a difference.

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    8 minutes ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

    Ah, good to see McLean is back as the scapegoat. Takes me back to better times..

    Not making him a scapegoat as they are all terrible but as skipper he should be leading.

    So many people fall into the trap of loving Kenny because of a point here and a fist pump there and always jogging around.

    Yes he's in great company as Sara and Nunez are no better but he gets away scott free from criticism.

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  25. Posted

    Being a qualified coach I spend a lot of time watching players rather than games and the guy is a liability.

    As a team we get so exposed to the fast counter because we have no solid defensive unit.

    The guy jogs about looking busy but there is no pace to his work.

    He tries to find little pockets but rather than bursting into the space and making himself an option he just jogs into it and then it's obvious.

    It needs pace in movement.

    Sara is no better but playing both together is a problem for the formation/shape that they try to play.

    Of course it's not his fault alone but produces so little that actually makes a difference.

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