Confirmed Signing Dwight McNeil

[Axlswhk]

His initial acceleration is quick...he knows what hes going to do as hes receiving ths ball...has good awareness and plays with his head up.

His dribbling is not average...its very very good...hes like McManaman was for the RS with the close control.

One footed + not a high top speed id say are the weaknessss.

Shooting we'll see...he wasnt getting in the box for Burnley so mostly long shots i think.

Only 22 and lots of upside.

If he knows what to do, he will not be achieving that type of stats. It’s very one dimension game, if you enjoy percentage crossing you’d like him.

If you want penetrating runs and quick breaks exciting 3 on 3 counter, byline cutbacks, scoring in and out of the box, you’d be disappointed.

 

[Mickey]

Not playing a 532 then if Lamps is buying wingers.

 

[brian labone]

Can't get my head around why him over Cornet. Makes no sense to me. We need goals and creativity. Cornet scored more in half a season than McNeil has in his career

Agree mate, very disappointed with this buy, slow and not many goals, why.

 

[grandjoeblue]

When Benitez was interested last season, the talk was Burnley wanted 35-40m

When you score zero as a forward in a season your value goes down a lot. Wasn't it more like 30m at the time?

 

[nsno-chris]

Ok so after watch the obligatory YouTube video he’s obviously been bought for his work ethic and close control

I mean, as a squad filler, ok; but when we’re actively looking to replace Richie’s goals it’s a concern

 

[Swagger]

It's one of those signings where if you are a fan of one of the other clubs that was linked with him you are beyond relieved to have "missed out". Unfortunately, for us it's one of those where we think why/how haven't the front office learnt from signings like Walcott, Bolasie etc in the past. Rinse and repeat sadly.

 

[n01efc]

Unable to buy Cornet, despite his release clause being less than what we're paying for McNeill.

Utter shambles.

This deal is probably staggered payments whilst the release clause for Cornet probably needed to be paid up front. I’m guessing

 

[OneTrueLegend]

Not playing a 532 then if Lamps is buying wingers.

we've not played that anyway, we played 523 for much of last season under Frank and we played that way against Blackpool as well. Playing with 2 strikers would be madness as we only have Rondon and DCL.

 

[Papa Shango]

This assist stuff...he will be playing with different players in a different system. Ignore who actually gets assists, it doesn't matter.

I think he would play more centrally for us. Always up for taking the ball and can change defence into attack pretty quickly.

I reckon he would be a good signing.

 

[Daytripper]

It's one of those signings where if you are a fan of one of the other clubs that was linked with him you are beyond relieved to have "missed out". Unfortunately, for us it's one of those where we think why/how haven't the front office learnt from signings like Walcott, Bolasie etc in the past. Rinse and repeat sadly.

Well said.

 

[OneTrueLegend]

This deal is probably staggered payments whilst the release clause for Cornet probably needed to be paid up front. I’m guessing

Yeah it feels like we have gone in for Cornet, offered 20m over 5 years and Burnley have said "no, but you can have dwight mcneil for that!" and we have said "alrighty then!"

 

[Frenk]

Turning into Burnley MKII, Cornet next?

 

[Bluestar]

Not prolific, but still young.

Not a replacement for Richarlison. Won’t get the goals. Can dribble and run with the ball. Left footed.

 

[whiteshadow]

This deal is probably staggered payments whilst the release clause for Cornet probably needed to be paid up front. I’m guessing

I'm sure you're right, just not that keen on McNeill.

Hoping that the people that like him are right. Would prefer Cornet.

 

[vintage-toffees]

Left footer natural balance to team
That's about it