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2023/24 Dwight McNeil

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Overall I'd give him a 6/10 season. Too few goals for somebody that can strike a ball like he can, and no link up play whatsoever with anybody who played left back, although I'd lay the blame more on the defender than him, whether that was Mykolenko, Godfrey or Young.

His corners have been superbly reliable though and that's created plenty of goals for us so well done for that.

You can't train him to be fast, so hoping he can somehow be more effective on the wing next season and add more goals to his game. The hard work is already there, so let's add a bit of quality and finesse please Dwight.
 
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He absolutely is not a winger, similar to Leon Osman, he has no pace, but does have technique. Playing him centrally would be far more productive and having a pacy winger to replace him would improve our attacking play 100%

I watched one of those 'masterclass' videos on Youtube with Moyes and he was discussing Osman and Pienaar. Basically said neither were wingers, but were very effective at tucking inside and creating space for the full back to bomb on into (Pienaar and Baines were immense at this). I think there's a few similarities between McNeil, Osman and Pienaar... technically gifted players who work hard but lack a yard of pace.

I think McNeil would be effective at picking up pockets of space in between the centre half and full back and causing some damage, but without an overlapping fullback to help create the space/passing options it really hampers him.

The next best thing would be behind the forward... but I'm not sure he's mobile enough to help pick up second balls from DCL knockdowns when we're out of possession.
 


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