2017/18 James McCarthy

[Neiler]

Boss.

Lad is a player.

 

[BigBlueConk]

If he breaks Jurgen Klopp legs on the touch line it’ll be worth it

If he only breaks one leg, Jurgen will be hopping mad.

 

[longers]

Boss.

Lad is a player.

lol its like the last three years of him being cack never happened.

 

[Stutheblue]

lol its like the last three years of him being cack never happened.

Agreed.
The lad did quite well when he came on (but only by comparison). To be fair, he couldn't be worse than Schneiderlin has been this season (how could he be)!
But needs to have a consistent level of perfomance over a good number of games to eradicate whats happened over the last 2 to 3 seasons.

 

[Neiler]

lol its like the last three years of him being cack never happened.

Only if you thought he has been bad in those four years.

Always has been a top player.

 

[wba83]

Shows how awful the midfield was that McCarthy stood out cos he put a few 100% tackles

 

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Only if you thought he has been bad in those four years.

Always has been a top player.

Top players actually have ability on the ball, he has none. He's bad at passing, bad at shooting, is technically poor and looks like bambi on ice when he has to run with the ball.

He's a decent grinder but the premiership is full of decent grinders with minimal talent, its kind of the bread and butter position of the league.

 

[mkrudden]

Top players actually have ability on the ball, he has none. He's bad at passing, bad at shooting, is technically poor, looks like bambi when he has to run with the ball.

He's a grinder, nothing more and Everton has made me hate grinders because they are all we have in midfield.

Wayne Rooney?
Vlasic?
Bolasie?
Lookman?
Sigurdsson?
Klaassen?

 

[NilSatisOptimum]

Ill have some more of that young James, there is player in him, dont care what anyone may say otherwise.

 

[grevenitipunx]

His agression is what our squad is currently lacking you could see that today as he came on and it is something that destroys our play in many occasions . Hope he remains fit and has a good go this season ...

 

[longers]

Wayne Rooney?
Vlasic?
Bolasie?
Lookman?
Sigurdsson?
Klaassen?

When i say midfield i literally mean midfield... not players who play out wide which is what Vlasic, Bolaise, Lookman, Sigurdsson tend to do.

Klaasen doesn't even exist anymore, Rooney is the only guy in our midfield with actual technical ability on the ball and he gets like no creative support in the middle because he always plays alongside two grinders who lack ability on the ball.

Basically playing 2 (and in some cases 3) grinders in midfield makes baby jesus cry.

 

[kenada_blue]

Basically...he's still a coward of a footballer but puts in a tackle.

Which is more than £30mill Schneiderlin

 

[LiamG]

Shows how awful the midfield was that McCarthy stood out cos he put a few 100% tackles

No he hasn't. There's been plenty of times, most in fact where it is obvious he is protecting his body.

Then around transfer windows etc his "form" picks up but it never lasts long before they go again.

I don't blame him. He can't do anything about it.

 

[Neiler]

Top players actually have ability on the ball, he has none. He's bad at passing, bad at shooting, is technically poor and looks like bambi on ice when he has to run with the ball.

He's a decent grinder but the premiership is full of decent grinders with minimal talent, its kind of the bread and butter position of the league.

I think your wrong mate, he’s a well rounded box to box midfeilder, he has the best engine in the squad and bring energy, penetration and a higher tempo.

Class little player is James, I think we will see the best of him now, it’s pretty clear and a Koeman never got on.

 

[Saint Domingo]

Actually got close enough to a United player to put a tackle in. Something Schneiderlin and Davies didn’t manage the whole game.