Dylan McGeouch

[Herberthall]

Depends who ya listen to. Media outlets seem to think he did quite well. Gonk on Roker Report gave him a 5. I think I'll hedge me bets with the pros.

Funny game to read much into though really - how bothered were they about progressing? The league has to be the priority.

By all reports it sounds as though Power had a good game, doing the kind of things McGeough does not.

They did say Power was our best player and he's got to start Saturday but didn't give Leadbitter the lickings of a dog.

 

[chriswallace85]

They did say Power was our best player and he's got to start Saturday but didn't give Leadbitter the lickings of a dog.

Yet both the Echo and the Chronicle (eurgh) said he controlled the game.

I never saw the game so I don't like to comment too much on somebody else's opinion of it, but when ya look at the three sets of ratings, the rating RR gave Leadbitter seemed the most irrational, which isn't a surprise given it's coming from a fan.

 

[KGC83]

Our problem is simple and you've inadvertently described it above. If you have great footballers they can be covered defensively and fed simply by a water carrier. Just ticking over possession.

We haven't got great footballers. As such we need players who have more to offer in all aspects of the midfield role, in both attack and defence to help spread the collective load.

I understand perfectly what McGeouch's role is but we don't need that in our team at our level with the players we have available. Ball rentiontion is trotted out as McGeouch's strength. We are keeping the ball for 5 seconds longer because he's just negatively passing the buck on to someone else of similar or worse ability to lose it.

If he himself was looking to pass it forwards, looking for a one two, offering good movement that would help us as a team. He isn't. He's passing it 5 yards sideways or backwards and thinking his job is done. Passing the ball square to Pires or Veira or backwards to Blanc isn't remotely similar to passing it square to Gooch or Hume or back to Flanagan...

Absolutely spot on post. A lot of our fans like to see themselves as being clued up and because he keeps possession think he’s doing his job. He takes no responsibility whatsoever in the middle of the park and regularly passes it to a defender to try and move the ball forward which 90% of the time comes straight back at us. I can’t believe people can’t see it tbh

 

[Duggins81]

He is canny shite like to be honest.

 

[1more]

Both Leadbitter and Power form our strongest midfield pairing. Both should play together

 

[chriswallace85]

Absolutely spot on post. A lot of our fans like to see themselves as being clued up and because he keeps possession think he’s doing his job. He takes no responsibility whatsoever in the middle of the park and regularly passes it to a defender to try and move the ball forward which 90% of the time comes straight back at us. I can’t believe people can’t see it tbh

Yep.

The player he's supposed to be, or at least the one he's built up to be on here, is exactly the sort of player I like. And I think he's fuckin' terrible.

 

[defunctdigits]

According to who though? I can't say I'm well versed on anybody else's squad but I don't buy this idea that we somehow have a better squad than anybody else.

Bookies and read it on here - yet to see it contradicted - 'till now. So you think we have a squad inferior or equal to everyone else's. I don't buy that at all despite results so far supporting you.

 

[chriswallace85]

Bookies and read it on here - yet to see it contradicted - 'till now. So you think we have a squad inferior or equal to everyone else's. I don't buy that at all despite results so far supporting you.

Well there was your first mistake.

Maybe we have, maybe we haven't. We're very weak in the full back positions, we're short on creativity, physicality, and goal scoring prowess. Time will tell I suppose.

 

[defunctdigits]

Well there was your first mistake.

Maybe we have, maybe we haven't. We're very weak in the full back positions, we're short on creativity, physicality, and goal scoring prowess. Time will tell I suppose.

That was tongue in cheek. Hopefully the players keep off here or their confidence will be shot to pieces.

 

[Safc88]

Absolute crock

 

[Turnip from the Tip]

Looks league 1 standard. Not good enough for us

 

[Deleted member 35923]

If our academy can't 'produce' a kid that is better than McGeouch then every single coach that works there should be sacked

the fact we have been in this division for two seasons without a single homegrown player excelling at this lowly level is a damning indictment of our allegedly prolific academy. I’ve been panned in the past for being critical of our academy but I can’t see how anyone thinks it’s something for the club to be proud of.