Confirmed Signing Dwight McNeil

[Wat Tyler]

They wanted £35/40m last summer, so that's a lie straight away.

Go and have a lie down before you pop something mate.

I’m lying down now, thanks. So where are the goals coming from?

 

[Tree13]

I'd say we paid about 3 or 4 million up front.

Sadly we've also committed to paying another £12m to £15m on top of that.

I don't even see where this guy fits in to our first XI. His career stats show he's a LW with a fair amount of success* also at LM, and he's also filled in at RW/RM occasionally (with far less impact).

Why have we spent £15m+ on a backup for Gray and Gordon? Or is he going to be a LWB? Or is he our new RW?

Tarkowski's arrival allows us to sell a CB.

Vinagre's arrival allows us to sell Nkounkou.

McNeil's arrival... no idea.



*In as much as he's made a small impact there, and no impact at all on the right.

 

[TheNinja]

The more I think about this signing, the more I absolutely loathe it. Absolute muck winger, slow, no creativity, no goals, no end product, no assists. And he has took up the vast majority of our meagre budget.

They wanted £20m last season, he has had a full season of 0 goals 1 assist and got relegated, and we pay it anyway for a Championship player!

Seriously: where are our goals coming from this season? We’ve lost our top scorer. DCL has had one good season, Gordon’s stats are nowhere near what his reputation would have you believe, which leaves us with the likes of Gray, Iwobi and Rondon to chip in. As it stands, I don’t think we score enough goals to stay up.

'As it stands' we've not played a game yet... 38 to go

 

[PhilRegan]

Well it was me adding up his assists and goals together and calling it goal involvements and nothing to do with sky.

In that case it's 148 games 7 goals 17 assists

 

[kev]

Richarlison (19/20 - 21/22), Yannick Bolasie (17/18 - 18/19), Gerard Deulofeu (16/17), Aiden McGeady (13/14 - 15/16), Nikica Jelavic (11/12 - 13/14), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (09/10 - 11/12), Andy van der Meyde (07/08 - 08/09), Marcus Bent (04/05 - 05/06), Niclas Alexandersson (00/01 - 02/03), John Collins (98/99 - 99/00), Mickaël Madar (97/98), Graham Stuart (95/96 - 97/98), Vinny Samways (94/95), Mark Ward (93/94), Mark Ward (91/92), Robert Warzycha (90/91 - 92/93), Mike Milligan (90/91), Mike Newell (90/91), Raymond Atteveld (89/90 - 90/91), John Ebbrell (89/90), Martin Keown (89/90), Peter Beagrie (89/90), Ian Snodin (89/90 - 90/91), Pat Nevin (88/89 - 91/92), Adrian Heath (88/89), Alan Harper (87/88), Neil Adams (86/87 - 87/88), Robbie Wakenshaw (83/84), Alan Harper (83/84 - 85/86), Trevor Steven (83/84 - 88/89), Andy King (83/84), Terry Curran (82/83 - 83/84), Kevin Richardson (82/83), Adrian Heath (82/83), David Johnson (82/83), Alan Irvine (81/82 - 83/84), Alan Ainscow (81/82 - 82/83), Billy Wright (80/81), Trevor Ross (80/81 - 81/82), Steve McMahon (80/81 - 82/83), Peter Eastoe (79/80), Gary Megson (79/80 - 80/81), Asa Hartford (79/80), Geoff Nulty (79/80), Brian Kidd (78/79), Ross Jack (78/79), Colin Todd (78/79), Bruce Rioch (76/77), Duncan McKenzie (76/77), Andy King (76/77 - 78/79), Roger Kenyon (76/77), Ken McNaught (75/76), Bryan Hamilton (75/76 - 76/77), Mick Lyons (75/76), Cliff Marshall (74/75 - 75/76), Gary Jones (74/75), John Smith (73/74), Mike Bernard (73/74), Henry Newton (73/74), Colin Harvey (73/74), Mick Buckley (72/73 - 76/77), Terry Darracott (72/73), Gary Jones (72/73), Joe Harper (72/73), Bernie Wright (72/73), Billy Kenny (71/72), David Johnson (71/72 - 72/73), Joe Royle (71/72), Roger Kenyon (70/71), Johnny Morrissey (70/71), Gerry Humphreys (68/69), Alan Whittle (67/68 - 72/73), Joe Royle (67/68), Sandy Brown (67/68), Alan Ball (66/67 - 67/68), Jimmy Gabriel (66/67), John Hurst (66/67 - 67/68), Alex Young (66/67 - 67/68), Mike Trebilcock (65/66 - 66/67), Jimmy Husband (65/66 - 72/73), Derek Temple (64/65 - 66/67), Stuart Shaw (64/65 - 65/66), Alex Young (63/64), Alex Scott (62/63 - 66/67), Billy Bingham (61/62 - 62/63), Jimmy Harris (57/58)

Trev was the best I saw wearing it.

That's a lot of number 7s
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[Wat Tyler]

'As it stands' we've not played a game yet... 38 to go

Good job we were so good last season then and haven’t sold our best player

 

[BlueStevie35]

People keep saying this like we aren’t going to pay the money eventually. He will still cost us a stupid amount of money. Money we cannot afford.

Total deal is £15m rising to £20m with add ons, the lad will be working with a better coaching team than he had at Burnley, we have a striker who’s good in the air and in the 6 yard box who’ll thrive on his crossing

Hope bout getting behind him instead of tearing into him before he’s even wore the damn shirt

 

[Goat]

That's a lot of number 7s
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[Lanolin]

Which is why I think Lamps is going to play him as a CM

Have seen this mentioned a few times. It would make the signing make more sense to me in one way, but it would be an absolutely massive risk to try to fix the biggest problem area in the squad by signing somebody who has no real experience of playing there.

 

[PhilRegan]

I'd take him still now over Rondon

 

[Wat Tyler]

Total deal is £15m rising to £20m with add ons, the lad will be working with a better coaching team than he had at Burnley, we have a striker who’s good in the air and in the 6 yard box who’ll thrive on his crossing

Hope bout getting behind him instead of tearing into him before he’s even wore the damn shirt

It’s a forum mate. No one is gonna boo him at the match are they. But this being painted as a good signing does not sit right with me

 

[jinkyali]

Sadly we've also committed to paying another £12m to £15m on top of that.

I don't even see where this guy fits in to our first XI. His career stats show he's a LW with a fair amount of success* also at LM, and he's also filled in at RW/RM occasionally (with far less impact).

Why have we spent £15m+ on a backup for Gray and Gordon? Or is he going to be a LWB? Or is he our new RW?

Tarkowski's arrival allows us to sell a CB.

Vinagre's arrival allows us to sell Nkounkou.

McNeil's arrival... no idea.



*In as much as he's made a small impact there, and no impact at all on the right.

Have you ever watched Gray? No chance McNeil is his back up.

Gray be sold or benched. Absolutely woeful.

 

[TheNinja]

Good job we were so good last season then and haven’t sold our best player

How about you just wait and see how he does in a new team and 'support' our players, rather than wetting the bed unnecessarily now.

 

[TheNinja]

It’s a forum mate. No one is gonna boo him at the match are they. But this being painted as a good signing does not sit right with me

All signings are surely painted as a good signing? Otherwise why would the club buy players...

 

[mahermi1]

Total deal is £15m rising to £20m with add ons, the lad will be working with a better coaching team than he had at Burnley, we have a striker who’s good in the air and in the 6 yard box who’ll thrive on his crossing

Hope bout getting behind him instead of tearing into him before he’s even wore the damn shirt

well said this was a £35 to £40m player two years ago we've got him cheap, he's young and he will have sell on value if he flops, be nice if we just give him a chance.