Confirmed Signing Dwight McNeil

[dutchblue54]

…perhaps his goal here might explain;

like the nr 10 we need

 

[Parker]

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

Yeah but if he's good at cutting inside then why would you start him in the middle. If he's already in the space how can he attack it?

I just don't see this McNeil at centre mid thing. Especially in a 343 which seems to be what we're playing. If he signs, he'll be an inside forward off the right with Gordon on the other side.

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

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

His best attribute appears to be crossing, therefore he should be played out wide. Keep it simple.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

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.

(Mis)Fortune favours the bold?

 

[Dymak]

I’m glad that we’ve learned from spunking so much money on below average players. 20 million for Dwight McNeil is just the kind of signing that we need.

 

[TheBigIguana]

His best attribute appears to be crossing, therefore he should be played out wide. Keep it simple.

In 2022 wide players who can only cross are fullbacks

 

[KaiserEFC]

 

[hktoffee]

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[Dixie1sixty]

£20m wtf.

It'll be over 5 years and that's if all conditions are met.

£2/3m a year? Not bad at all.

 

[Gooner66789]

Christ, Burnley being stripped to the bare bones, don't see them coming straight back up at all.

How much you potentially paying for him? Same price quoted as Cornet?

Look's a good player though, does create quite a lot of chances, just need's someone to finish them off.

 

[toffeeblue9]

Yeah but if he's good at cutting inside then why would you start him in the middle. If he's already in the space how can he attack it?

I just don't see this McNeil at centre mid thing. Especially in a 343 which seems to be what we're playing. If he signs, he'll be an inside forward off the right with Gordon on the other side.

This. He's played on the left of a 442 in Dyche's archaic system where the aim is to cross the ball as much as possible for their two massive grocks up front.

As soon as Dyche got the boot, McNeil was played on the right because that's where he'd play in most modern approaches. Drifting inside creates space for your full back to attack and that's likely to be how we operate.

We are likely to play a 433 or 343 next season and if he comes I'd expect it likely that he'd be on the right of the front three with Gordon on the left, albeit given licence to switch at times.

 

[hktoffee]

It'll be over 5 years and that's if all conditions are met.

£2/3m a year? Not bad at all.

0 goal 1 assist in 38 games. Slow. What does he offer?

 

[Pabbers]

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

But they had all played centrally.

McNeil has not.

 

[dutchblue54]

Yeah but if he's good at cutting inside then why would you start him in the middle. If he's already in the space how can he attack it?

I just don't see this McNeil at centre mid thing. Especially in a 343 which seems to be what we're playing. If he signs, he'll be an inside forward off the right with Gordon on the other side.

but who will score goals in that set up ? DCL with 30 ? Mc Neil and Gordon have not proved to be capable. Remember Richarlison has scored more than 10 league and cup goals in each of his 4 seasons with us

 

[Nymzee]

It's not on till @Tofeenut tells me it is.