Confirmed Signing Dwight McNeil

[Eggs]

He's a winger, why would we play him centre mid?

…perhaps his goal here might explain;

 

[TheBigIguana]

Bro, you cant change your under 25 under 20m all the time.

If he fits your criteria, thats it.

The unspoken part of that was that they can't be awful

 

[TheBigIguana]

for me it is clear: play him in a central midfield role, like 1 defensive CM and him and Doucs further forward so in a midfield three.
or indeed as a wing back.
If he is signed as a replacement for Richy we are screwed.

I agree with this but you can't pay real money for someone to switch what they do completely. That's a shot in the dark type of thing for a small fee or a free.

 

[Nymzee]

View attachment 175046Kind of... Still very much a winger though

I never said often but I've seen it for England and he moves inside a lot for Burnley.

 

[GoSoccerToffees]

Erm, what !?!

I said his attributes are best suited centrally mate. Much like Osman, Arteta, and Pienaars were.

 

[EFC_FRANCIS]

His FBref is giving me angina

 

[Eagle Eye]

Only thing I care about is can he take a corner or indirect free kick without hitting the first man? If he can, then I'm in!!!

 

[DL100]

Personally I think he would be a decent signing at the price being thrown around.

I don't think he will be the only winger / forward brought in either nor seen as Richarlison's replacement.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

…perhaps his goal here might explain;

To be clear, I've sad faced that post purely based on it showing how poop we were.

 

[Efcjake]

It's a bold transfer strategy to pick apart Burnley, one of the worst teams in the league for the past 5 years and secure loans for Wolves rejects.

 

[hktoffee]

From Terrier to McNeil in 1 day.

 

[dutchblue54]

He's a winger, why would we play him centre mid?

because he drifts inside a lot and his best qualities are his work rate and crossing/pick a pass. so i would play him left attacking midfield., Doucs simliar on the right and 1 midfielder as a shield in front of the defence. because he will not have the same goal output as Richy. Need Broja of any other attacker desperately now

 

[matty1878]

rather have cornetto

 

[Lanolin]

Surely reading 47 chances created with 1 assist maybe points at the issue not lying with him.

To an extent maybe, but it's not quite that simple is it? Firstly there's the big problem when it comes to stats like this, which is 'what classes as a chance created?'. If he's put a load of great balls in like he did for that famous Cornet miss and people have consistently missed sitters then that's one thing, if he's hung a load of corners and free kicks up in the air that a centre half has nodded toward goal and it's gone down as a chance created then that's a bit different.

The stats seem to suggest he created the same amount of chances per 90 minutes as Gordon, and less per 90 Townsend, Iwobi and Gray, most of whom we don't believe create enough, so it's maybe not as clear cut as is being made out.

 

[TheBigIguana]

rather have cornetto

Could do neither quite easily