John McGinn - signed (Captain)

[brontebilly]

His passing is shite, playing in a midfield two you can't try and play a killer pass every time you get the ball but McGinn sure tried it tonight. Thought he was possibly our worst player, definitely his worst performance that I've seen for us.

[Scott Nielsen]

Gone from very good last week to detritus this week. Not the first time this has happened.

But even last week, when in many ways he had a great game, he was dispossessed three times just outside our own penalty area. It happens a lot and his poor passing happens a lot too.

[Demitri_C]

Wasnt great but imone of the few players suffering from smiths lame tactics and lamer formation

[Ads]

His duck was abysmal too.

[SoccerHQ]

Gone from very good last week to detritus this week. Not the first time this has happened.

But even last week, when in many ways he had a great game, he was dispossessed three times just outside our own penalty area. It happens a lot and his poor passing happens a lot too.

That's just what his game is really. If you want a midfielder with 95% pass completion then he simply isn't it but can influence games in many other ways as he showed v Man. United when he was brilliant.

Terrible pass for their third though, he does need to play it simple far more sometimes.

[Footy-Vill]

Another yellow card!
Bit not sure why he was booked vs West Ham as he was pushed over
That's 4 for the season and likely to be suspended soon

Couple of his cards have actually been unfair the other 2 stupid ones
I don't think he should be carded yesterday

[nigel]

Didn’t play too well yesterday, but it certainly didn’t help when Ramsey was replaced with Young. It changed the midfield set up as it wasn’t like for like.
I think if Carney had come on it would have been a better fit

[Smirker]

Wee John was immense today. Really drove us on and his play at times was showboaty 😎

I am a big fan of him and he is arguably our best player with Emi also. A smart and tidy little footballer with an aggressive bite, like a skilful Yorkshire Terrier who just won't stop yapping.

Super John McGinn 😎

[Ads]

He played well. But...

He gives it away in such dangerous spaces and areas! Brighton's sole phase of attacking intent came from him giving it away cheaply. He needs to cut that out.

[brian green]

By his standards I thought his play was careless at times today.

[Steve67]

I wouldn't be surprised to see SJM really come on well under Gerrard but he needs someone behind him as he can't defend for shit and remains part of a midfield that allows far too much space and time for the opposition.  Hopefully this is addressed either with quality coaching or better signings.

[adrenachrome]

I wouldn't be surprised to see SJM really come on well under Gerrard but he needs someone behind him as he can't defend for shit and remains part of a midfield that allows far too much space and time for the opposition.  Hopefully this is addressed either with quality coaching or better signings.

I agree.

He is one of those all-action players with a phenomenal engine and wants to be involved in everything, but S.G. needs to tell him to concentrate on his strengths.

[Scott Nielsen]

By his standards I thought his play was careless at times today.

I actually think this is his achilles heel and a problem on display virtually every game. There is such a good player in there if he could just stop giving the ball away so easily at times.

[rooboy316]

By his standards I thought his play was careless at times today.

I actually think this is his achilles heel and a problem on display virtually every game. There is such a good player in there if he could just stop giving the ball away so easily at times.

He also tries to play a lot of adventurous passes, some of which obviously won’t work out. I don’t want him to stop trying them either, as he plays some gems. I think part of the issue is we have tended to play him too deep, so there’s a lot more risk if the pass is misplaced. Play him further forward and it becomes less of an issue.

[Scott Nielsen]

It's less misplaced passes that concern me but how often he is caught on the ball, often within spitting distance of our penalty area which makes it very difficult to recover from.

The solution you propose I agree with. I think he'll do even better further up the pitch for us.