Zatman Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 42 minutes ago, JAMAICAN-VILLAN said: Future Captain? For all his faults, he is a huge part of our club and an incredible midfielder at his best. As I said previously, hopefully having better players around him will allow him more consistency. He is one of the 3 playing leaders at the club him, Mings and Emi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WallisFrizz Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) . Edited January 22, 2022 by WallisFrizz . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson1 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 We missed him against United. He’s by no means perfect but important to the way we want to play. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post nepal_villan Posted January 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2022 He has some great games but a lot of average ones too. Certainly would not classify him as a "player you build your team around". 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Yeah, I thought the game passed him by for large portions today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 2 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: Yeah, I thought the game passed him by for large portions today. It passed most of our players by second half. Everton had no intention of playing football, they just launched it forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zhan_Zhuang Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Just now, WHY said: It passed most of our players by second half. Everton had no intention of playing football, they just launched it forward. That is indeed true however first-half our standout performers from midfield were Buendia and Ramsey. As I say he struggled a bit today and seemed to be caught out in terms of the pace of the game, seemed laboured to me. Hopefully the little mini pre-season coming up will getting back up to speed as he was getting a little consistency back into his game previously. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Shouldn't build the team around any player. Should be a refined system. Any player should just be a cog. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaVilla Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Personally, if a very good offer came in, i would sell. Not that i want to get rid of him, he's a good player, a very good player on his day, but if we are serious about progressing to challenge for the top 6, imo you dont build a team around McGinn, he would be a good squad player if we actually wanted to push the club on. At least imo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post WHY Posted January 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 22, 2022 (edited) 46 minutes ago, Zhan_Zhuang said: That is indeed true however first-half our standout performers from midfield were Buendia and Ramsey. As I say he struggled a bit today and seemed to be caught out in terms of the pace of the game, seemed laboured to me. Hopefully the little mini pre-season coming up will getting back up to speed as he was getting a little consistency back into his game previously. McGinn was our best player in the first 20 mins imo. He stopped them bullying us and getting a grip on the game. Could have been a much different game had he not done this. Not saying you but most fans don’t get this type of thing, it’s what ultimately gets you a foot hold in the game to go forward and win it. Edited January 22, 2022 by WHY 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Cash plays better when SJM is in front of him, don’t underestimate his importance to the team. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 8 minutes ago, WHY said: McGinn was our best player in the first 20 mins imo. He stopped them bullying us and getting a grip on the game. Could have been a much different game had he not done this. Not saying you but most fans don’t get this type of thing, it’s what ultimately gets you a foot hold in the game to go forward and win it. I thought he put in the first real tasty tackle, sliding tackle that won the ball cleanly but they reacted to it, wasn't a free kick and nothing was given but it set the tone Not his fault because it was a great tackle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam2003 Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 12 minutes ago, WHY said: McGinn was our best player in the first 20 mins imo. He stopped them bullying us and getting a grip on the game. Could have been a much different game had he not done this. Not saying you but most fans don’t get this type of thing, it’s what ultimately gets you a foot hold in the game to go forward and win it. And exactly what we struggled with in his absence vs United last week. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Honestly, I thought he was poor. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the_eristic Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 He's great at hustling the opposition out of possession and driving forward with the ball if he has the space to turn, but he's really bad at passing and moving, which causes our play to get mired in the middle third when the opposition is pressuring and either has to go back or go wide/long. JJ and Sanson are both more active when it comes to moving into space to receive passes, while SJM tends to just hang around in the area he passed from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 5 hours ago, Mazrim said: Honestly, I thought he was poor. He wasn't great but I don't think we keep a clean sheet without him. He won't get bullied, he keeps going, gives us a fairly reliable long ball option as well. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post blunther Posted January 23, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted January 23, 2022 10 hours ago, villa4europe said: I thought he put in the first real tasty tackle, sliding tackle that won the ball cleanly but they reacted to it, wasn't a free kick and nothing was given but it set the tone Not his fault because it was a great tackle I thought that was what won us the match. Everton were clearly going to play 'physcially', and those two early crunching tackles from McGinn set the tone for us, that we weren't going to get intimidated by Everton's tactics. We needed that. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan-scott Posted January 23, 2022 VT Supporter Share Posted January 23, 2022 I was really impressed with him yesterday. Did a lot of the dirty work. Got really stuck in and didn’t let them bully us. He got right under Richarlison’s skin which you love to see. Fantastic arse as always. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko154 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 For me I would be torn on whether to sell him if a £50 million bid came in for him. On one hand games sometimes pass him by, but on the other he does so much for the team that goes unnoticed and you don't realise it until he's missing. I actually think McGinn could become better with better players around him, and once the new additions settle into the side. A bit of steel behind him could also free him up to make more of those late runs into the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwi1890 Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 1 minute ago, wilko154 said: For me I would be torn on whether to sell him if a £50 million bid came in for him. On one hand games sometimes pass him by, but on the other he does so much for the team that goes unnoticed and you don't realise it until he's missing. I actually think McGinn could become better with better players around him, and once the new additions settle into the side. A bit of steel behind him could also free him up to make more of those late runs into the box. I think he’s been much more disciplined under Gerrard, and better he won tackles and challenges yesterday and kept the intensity, Ramsey is the one with the license to bomb forward. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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