cambridgeshire canary 7,798 Posted October 31, 2021 Look, Mclean has been a decent servant for us over the years. He's had some decent games (Although they have all been in the Championship) but just what the hell does Farke see in him when it comes to him seemingly becoming our new number one go to starting midfielder? Why is Sorenson left out? Why is Gilmour being left to wonder why he bothered joining us? I mean what exactly did Mclean do today? Gave the ball away almost leading to Leeds scoring and also decided to slide in and take their keeper out with a foul that any other day could have been a red. And that was it.. And yet he still got to play a full 90 and I have no doubts he will still start our next match. It's just bizzare. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Carn 71 Posted October 31, 2021 He scored against Man City and has been riding that high ever since. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
The Great Mass Debater 1,202 Posted October 31, 2021 I dont get it either. Certainly Gilmour is considered the greater class of player. What Kenny is doing to be ahead of him I fail to see Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dr Greenthumb 792 Posted October 31, 2021 Equally as useless Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ward 3 484 Posted October 31, 2021 It was 1 of 2 crap Scottish players in the middle with normann today. Imagine how bad we would be with Gilmour and McLean in cdm Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
King of spain 5 Posted October 31, 2021 Who would you have play instead out of interest ? PLM proven he's not an upgrade, gilmour doesn't provide any defensive cover ... Maybe he shouldn't start next game if only to take him out of the firing from those using McLean as a scapegoat for our overall sub par squad ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rock bus 1,059 Posted October 31, 2021 McLean doesn’t provide any defensive cover either! Gilmours not great but at least he might create something Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
damn that Ralph Coates! 74 Posted October 31, 2021 he's a full international player like over half our team??? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Petriix 3,219 Posted October 31, 2021 McLean had one moment of ill-discipline today but was otherwise fairly solid in a mostly defensive role. Of all his awful performances this season, today wasn't bad. He's more suited to being part of a midfield 2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
canarybubbles 2,199 Posted October 31, 2021 He's had a lot of good games for us, but he's not on good form at the moment, so I don't understand why he seems to be untouchable. Farke clearly has players he likes and players he takes against. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Christoph Stiepermann 1,261 Posted October 31, 2021 I'm paraphrasing the Athletic here but they once said "Norwich see McLean as someone who can make the jump up to PL level as he has the required athleticism and physicaliy" ....he's weak as P155, just as lazy off the ball as out other cm's, can't tackle, doesn't track his man etc. You seriously have to question this regimies ability to judge a player, particularly cm's which is our obvious blind spot Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
keelansgrandad 6,680 Posted October 31, 2021 8 minutes ago, Petriix said: McLean had one moment of ill-discipline today but was otherwise fairly solid in a mostly defensive role. Of all his awful performances this season, today wasn't bad. He's more suited to being part of a midfield 2. Why was he in a mostly defensive role? To be honest, he had one good run, got booked (simulation by their keeper?) and walked off the pitch. He might be better suited working from home. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
