Dave_1885, Mon 21 Apr 09:57

Is this thread still going? Same names going round and round in circles 🤦🏻‍♂️

kelty_par, Mon 21 Apr 12:53

Disagree with the points about Hamilton and Todd above. With Hamilton, if you ask him to be a screen in front of the defence, to drop into the back line as an extra centre half when one progresses the ball (not something we`ve seen until Chilokoa-Mullen started doing it recently) and who can get into good spaces to intercept passes and buy cheap defensive free kicks then he`s perfectly fine at this level. It`s when we ask him to be a deep lying playmaker or a progressive passer when his limitations are laid bare. It`s noticeable how easy we are to break through when he`s not playing.

On Todd, he`s the only midfielder we have that breaks the lines and get ahead of the forwards and chips in with goals and assists. I think it`s very noticeable that we seem to play better ad a team when he plays. Similar to Kane in that he gets you up the park and has a bit of energy about him. I`d think he`s more than capable of playing at this level with a clean bill of health and also having a defined role in the team rather than everything being expected of him. He`d be an ideal box to box man, pressing machine in the Ryan Christie mould or as a second striker but he`s being asked to do too much. That`s not got anything to do with him being a local boy or a fan either.

kelty_par, Mon 21 Apr 12:53

Disagree with the points about Hamilton and Todd above. With Hamilton, if you ask him to be a screen in front of the defence, to drop into the back line as an extra centre half when one progresses the ball (not something we`ve seen until Chilokoa-Mullen started doing it recently) and who can get into good spaces to intercept passes and buy cheap defensive free kicks then he`s perfectly fine at this level. It`s when we ask him to be a deep lying playmaker or a progressive passer when his limitations are laid bare. It`s noticeable how easy we are to break through when he`s not playing.

On Todd, he`s the only midfielder we have that breaks the lines and get ahead of the forwards and chips in with goals and assists. I think it`s very noticeable that we seem to play better ad a team when he plays. Similar to Kane in that he gets you up the park and has a bit of energy about him. I`d think he`s more than capable of playing at this level with a clean bill of health and also having a defined role in the team rather than everything being expected of him. He`d be an ideal box to box man, pressing machine in the Ryan Christie mould or as a second striker but he`s being asked to do too much. That`s not got anything to do with him being a local boy or a fan either.

SeasonedPar, Mon 21 Apr 16:42

Ridiculous amount of repetitive posts about a player. The excitement of new owners and the appointment of NL surely means we trust his judgement?

By all means, express opinions, that’s what the forum is for, but as already said, this thread is just going round in circles.

Time to close it.

Not your average Sunday League player.

GG Riva, Mon 21 Apr 17:09

SeasonedPar, Mon 21 Apr 16:42

Ridiculous amount of repetitive posts about a player. The excitement of new owners and the appointment of NL surely means we trust his judgement?

By all means, express opinions, that’s what the forum is for, but as already said, this thread is just going round in circles.

Time to close it.

Well said, SP. It`s the same few posters who repeatedly inform us how useless certain players are, quoting stats like the number of goals or assist they`ve made per game. Lewis McCann is probably their favourite target. This thread carries his name, which is used as a reason to justify the pile on, but he`s had plenty of pelters in other threads.

I wonder how many fans are aware that McCann and Chris Kane are top of the MOTM nominations with 5 each this season?

Raymie the Legend, Mon 21 Apr 19:18

I heard it was a grade 3 tear, so the most severe. That’s about a 3 month lay off.

7 Eleven, Mon 21 Apr 21:28

Raymie the Legend, Mon 21 Apr 19:18

I heard it was a grade 3 tear, so the most severe. That’s about a 3 month lay off.

ACL?

cammypar 1995, Mon 21 Apr 19:20

GG Riva, Mon 21 Apr 17:09

SeasonedPar, Mon 21 Apr 16:42

Ridiculous amount of repetitive posts about a player. The excitement of new owners and the appointment of NL surely means we trust his judgement?

By all means, express opinions, that’s what the forum is for, but as already said, this thread is just going round in circles.

Time to close it.

Well said, SP. It`s the same few posters who repeatedly inform us how useless certain players are, quoting stats like the number of goals or assist they`ve made per game. Lewis McCann is probably their favourite target. This thread carries his name, which is used as a reason to justify the pile on, but he`s had plenty of pelters in other threads.

I wonder how many fans are aware that McCann and Chris Kane are top of the MOTM nominations with 5 each this season?

I`d love nothing more than McCann to add value to us and take us where we want to be but I`m not going to say he is when he isn`t at the level required.