Barry Bannan

[Shrek]

Alex Mcleish is the manager who kept Alexander Hleb on the bench basically because he was 'to good'.

I remember Alex saying that Hleb was moaning that the don't pass it enough and that they were to direct, Mcleish said it was because of the players he had.

Well he has the players in Delph, Bannan, Ireland, N'Zogbia and Makoun, so what's his reasons now?

[spangley1812]

Alex Mcleish is the manager who kept Alexander Hleb on the bench basically because he was 'to good'.

I remember Alex saying that Hleb was moaning that the don't pass it enough and that they were to direct, Mcleish said it was because of the players he had.

Well he has the players in Delph, Bannan, Ireland, N'Zogbia and Makoun, so what's his reasons now?

Makoun left in the window Shrek and he is playing N'Zogbia and Delph

[TheSandman]

Wasn't Hleb epically shit at Small Heath, even when he got the ball?

[LeeB]

Alex Mcleish is the manager who kept Alexander Hleb on the bench basically because he was 'to good'.

I remember Alex saying that Hleb was moaning that the don't pass it enough and that they were to direct, Mcleish said it was because of the players he had.

Well he has the players in Delph, Bannan, Ireland, N'Zogbia and Makoun, so what's his reasons now?

Makoun left in the window Shrek and he is playing N'Zogbia and Delph

Other than that, spot on.

[timeoutbigbar]

Wasn't Hleb epically shit at Small Heath, even when he got the ball?

He was epically shit when he left Arsenal.  Wenger must have noticed and shipped him out.

[Shrek]

Alex Mcleish is the manager who kept Alexander Hleb on the bench basically because he was 'to good'.

I remember Alex saying that Hleb was moaning that the don't pass it enough and that they were to direct, Mcleish said it was because of the players he had.

Well he has the players in Delph, Bannan, Ireland, N'Zogbia and Makoun, so what's his reasons now?

Makoun left in the window Shrek and he is playing N'Zogbia and Delph

Yeah... Alex let Makoun go and is playing Delph defensively with Heskey as the link between them.

Bannan in the team makes the whole team better because of his awareness and quality, he can link up so much more effectively with N'Zogbia and Delph, bringing more out of them as  a result.

[Shrek]

Wasn't Hleb epically shit at Small Heath, even when he got the ball?

He was epically shit when he left Arsenal.  Wenger must have noticed and shipped him out.

Maybe, but he is better than what Mcleish picked ahead of him.

[Dave]

Bannan in the team makes the whole team better because of his awareness and quality, he can link up so much more effectively with N'Zogbia and Delph, bringing more out of them as  a result.

How do we know all this?

I'd rather Bannan were playing over Heskey as well, but that's a whole trolley-load of assumptions you've managed to make there.

[Shrek]

Bannan in the team makes the whole team better because of his awareness and quality, he can link up so much more effectively with N'Zogbia and Delph, bringing more out of them as  a result.

How do we know all this?

I'd rather Bannan were playing over Heskey as well, but that's a whole trolley-load of assumptions you've managed to make there.

I'm going by what I've seen of Bannan nearly every time I've seen him play centrally, not out wide and by how poor heskey's touch and link up play has been this season.

Mcleish has been quoted as saying he knows Bent probably wants Bannan in the team but we can't satisfy everyone. That's abit confusing to me because The whole team should be geared towards supplying Bent, am I wrong in thinking this?

[spangley1812]

Bannan in the team makes the whole team better because of his awareness and quality, he can link up so much more effectively with N'Zogbia and Delph, bringing more out of them as  a result.

How do we know all this?

I'd rather Bannan were playing over Heskey as well, but that's a whole trolley-load of assumptions you've managed to make there.

I'm going by what I've seen of Bannan nearly every time I've seen him play centrally, not out wide and by how poor heskey's touch and link up play has been this season.

Mcleish has been quoted as saying he knows Bent probably wants Bannan in the team but we can't satisfy everyone. That's abit confusing to me because The whole team should be geared towards supplying Bent, am I wrong in thinking this?

Just out of interest how many Premiership games has Bannan played (started) ?? and out of those how many has he played in centre midfield ??

[TonyD]

Didnt he play when we tore Manu apart at VP for 30 mins (before they got 2 jammy goals back)

[spangley1812]

Didnt he play when we tore Manu apart at VP for 30 mins (before they got 2 jammy goals back)

He did and like the rest of the team he was brilliant for 30 mins and im sure he was in the middle then but that was only one game and to answer my own question he has made 85 appearances but 44 were as a sub but i am sure those include his loan games for Blackpool, Leeds, etc

[Mister E]

Mcleish has been quoted as saying he knows Bent probably wants Bannan in the team but we can't satisfy everyone. That's abit confusing to me because The whole team should be geared towards supplying Bent, am I wrong in thinking this?

Has McGinge been quoted saying that?
With Bannan in the middle - along with Delph and Petrov - I'm guessing that McMinge sees that as too light-weight. Perhaps with the arrival of JJ, there are more opportunities to play a playmaker like BB.

[WALTERS WARRIORS]

I do think with Jenas now in contention, that will allow Bannan a better chance of starting. But i would not bet on it. Mcleish has not lost a premier game and will be much more inclined to use players who can cover defensive positions than constructive players. As not losing has always been his philosophy .........

[Dave]

I do think with Jenas now in contention, that will allow Bannan a better chance of starting.

How does another player being brought in who plays in his preferred position give him a better chance of starting when he wasn't before?