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Dan Neil


PS said:
All 3 midfielders have lost form - not just Neil. Jobe drives me nuts with his jogging around the centre circle and passes sideways and back.
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A lot of that is down to sides knowing how we play and wanting that to happen. We've got one way of playing and one way onluy
 
Coeus said:
Oh Pear. He was excellent against stoke x2, Swansea, Norwich and Sheffield utd, and fine against Bristol and Portsmouth the month before le fee came him.

His form tailed off on the 15th of January against Burnley, same day there or there about as Le Fee joined.

Neil hasn't had good months of form let alone better than Jobe, just the odd good game, nothing consistent.
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Middle 3rd of the season, Neil was our best midfielder. My opinion ... but also the SMB, from the MoM Polls.

Of the 16 games (1/3 of season) beginning Sheffield Utd away, DN was MoM in 6 of them (Bristol City, Swansea (a), Blackburn, Portsmouth, Derby (a), Luton) and runner up in 3 more. That's more than half those game. No one else had more than 2 MoMs.

I thought he was consistent in that period, and better than Jobe in that time ...

... which was a turn around, as Dan was an indifferent 3rd to Jobe and Rigg before then.

I don't think his form tailed off as early as you say, but it has done.

None has shone in the final phase.
 
PS said:
All 3 midfielders have lost form - not just Neil. Jobe drives me nuts with his jogging around the centre circle and passes sideways and back.
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Jobe demands the ball continually when intent on passing it straight back to the player he gets it from. I think he counts his passes.
 
Quillips said:
Middle 3rd of the season, Neil was our best midfielder. My opinion ... but also the SMB, from the MoM Polls.

Of the 16 games (1/3 of season) beginning Sheffield Utd away, DN was MoM in 6 of them (Bristol City, Swansea (a), Blackburn, Portsmouth, Derby (a), Luton) and runner up in 3 more. That's more than half those game. No one else had more than 2 MoMs.

I thought he was consistent in that period, and better than Jobe in that time ...

... which was a turn around, as Dan was an indifferent 3rd to Jobe and Rigg before then.

I don't think his form tailed off as early as you say, but it has done.

None has shone in the final phase.
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I'll be honest and say I would never put much stock in player general opinions of the smb, or at least my perspective is often different from it.

The middle third or a couple of months is something ive seen a fair bit of, I appreciate you for being specific on the games you rated him as having been motm or playing well.

Sheff U, I don't think he was our best player, he had a decent game sure, until he was pivotal in us conceding, meaning he was average to my mind. Watson was better, probably Ballard, Hume and Patterson were better.

Stoke next game, very poor, worst starter that day. Watson motm.

Bristol, decent/good, Jobe was Motm.

Swansea, Motm. Jobe a fraction behind.

Norwich, very average. Jobe MOTM, Mayenda, Roberts of all folk, Cirkin and Ballard all had better games.

Blackburn, very average. Bottom half of our starters.

Stoke, ok, behind Jobe, Patterson, 09 and Cirkin with Mepham Motm.

January, granted he was our best player overall, but that included a poor showing against Plymouth.

February, 2 good games, Boro Le Fee motm easily. Luton, again Le Fee motm. Chuck in Sheff wed where he was fine, but Mayenda head and shoulders above, probably Roberts too.

So January more than fair enough in my opinion, but to suggest he was anywhere near Jobe in December is miles off, and I imagine his feb performances get glossed over due to his January form.
 
Coeus said:
I'm not trying to shit on the lad, I've always been a big fan, I'm just surprised at some of reaction to the suggestion that he's had a bad season, easily his worst in my opinion.

Also, given how poor a season I think he's had, having to readjust maybe if he can be a prem player like colback was for some time. I've no qualms over him being a championship one as he will be far better next season if he stays in this league I'd imagine.

I don't think he had 2 months of good form either which I've read alot, he had a good January, other than that a couple of sporadic games and the talk of him being pots was mind boggling, to me anyway. I'm glad Trai won as he deserved it but there should have been another 6 or 7 in front of Neil imo there.
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He’s going to win MOTM for the season on here isn’t he?
That tells you all you need to know about his season
 
Chewit said:
He’s going to win MOTM for the season on here isn’t he?
That tells you all you need to know about his season
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I don't know mate, if he does I think it tells me only that a lot on here have very different perspectives than my own, and I already knew that to be fair.
 
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