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Offline wozwebs

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #270 on: August 13, 2018, 11:12:09 PM »
If you weren’t sold on SJM yet then this interview will convince you:

https://www.sundaypost.com/fp/exclusive-former-hibs-star-and-celtic-target-john-mcginn-on-choosing-move-to-aston-villa/

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SCOTLAND legends Gordon Strachan, Joe Jordan and Gordon McQueen all gave John McGinn their seal of approval when Aston Villa asked for an opinion on his ability.

Manager Steve Bruce – a former team-mate of Strachan at Manchester United and McGinn’s previous Scotland boss – and his coaches made exhaustive checks on the talented midfielder.

The feedback convinced them to push the boat out to sign him from Hibs in a £3m deal, beating off fierce competition from Celtic to do so.

Everyone Villa turned to told the English Championship club that they would be signing an excellent player, one who could help the club win promotion.

When the deal had been done, Brendan Rodgers remained fulsome in his praise of McGinn, but was clearly disappointed to have missed out on one of his major signing targets.

For his own part, McGinn is delighted to be part of such an ambitious club, and is excited – and humbled – to be following in the footsteps of one of his heroes, Stan Petrov, by joining the Midlands outfit.

In an exclusive interview, McGinn told The Sunday Post: “It’s very flattering if people with such standing in the game have said such nice things about me. It’s very kind of them.

“This an exciting challenge and it has always been an ambition of mine to play in English football.

“Looking on from afar, I always had an idea Aston Villa were a big club.

“But now realise I misjudged it – they are a massive club.

“The training ground is out of this world, and the stadium has that old-fashioned feel about it, a proper, traditional stadium.

“I want to do my bit to see it bouncing every week as we all pull together to help the club win promotion this season.

“The Villa fans have a brilliant reputation, and it’s going to be my privilege to play in front of them for the next few years.

“I feel tremendous pride to be here.

“I’m also following in the footsteps of guys such as Stiliyan Petrov.

“He was one of my favourite players at Celtic, and he enjoyed many successful years at Villa, as well as captaining the club.

“Stiliyan made an exceptional impact here – on and off the pitch – and I can only try to live up to the high standards set by him and others.

“There is also a strong Scottish connection, from Alan Hutton in the team to Colin Calderwood on the coaching staff.

“The Scotland manager, Alex McLeish, used to be the manager here, and Eric Black, Steve Clarke and Gary McAllister have all coached here in the past few seasons.

“Paul Lambert was also the manager.

“Going even further back, my dad tells me there was a Scottish influence when Aston Villa won the European Cup in 1982 when they beat Bayern Munich, and guys such as Allan Evans, Ken McNaught and Des Bremner were in the team.

“So I feel proud to be here and to be a part of such a special club.

“The onus is now on everyone here at the current time to create our own history, and try to get us back into the Premier League.

“We have an excellent manager in Steve Bruce and he has brilliant guys beside him. We are geared up to give it a right go.

“However, we are well aware that there are some top sides in this division, and there will always be a fancy from the neutrals for the newly-relegated clubs such as Swansea, Stoke and West Brom to be heavily involved when it comes to the business end of the campaign.

“You can then add in other clubs such as Middlesbrough, Derby County, Leeds United, Nottingham Forest and a few more.

“So we can all see just how tough a challenge faces us all. But I’m up for it. I love this kind of stuff. I’m ready for it.”
« Last Edit: August 13, 2018, 11:23:27 PM by wozwebs »

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #271 on: August 14, 2018, 12:09:45 AM »
Good lad. And fair play to his dad for his educational output. 😊

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #272 on: August 14, 2018, 01:07:28 AM »
Blimey, a footballer with a brain, respect and insight. Is there anything this lad is crap at?

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #273 on: August 14, 2018, 08:50:11 AM »
What a great interview.

Offline Neil Hawkes

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #274 on: August 14, 2018, 09:02:12 AM »
Blimey, a footballer with a brain, respect and insight. Is there anything this lad is crap at?
As he's from Scotland - probably sunbathing

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #275 on: August 14, 2018, 10:10:58 AM »
Blimey, a footballer with a brain, respect and insight. Is there anything this lad is crap at?
As he's from Scotland - probably sunbathing
Hahaha!

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #276 on: August 14, 2018, 11:40:18 AM »
I'm just excited our central midfield will be Xacki and McGinniesta

My 13 year - who has put up with so much over his lifetime of being like Dad and supporting Villa - has just ordered his new shirt with McGiniesta 7 on the back. Thanks Colhint :)

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #277 on: August 14, 2018, 12:23:32 PM »
Good lad. And fair play to his dad for his educational output. 😊

Absolutely.

Someone needs to show him the McGregor statue as well if he wants to learn about a bit more Scottish heritage around the club.

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #278 on: August 14, 2018, 12:26:51 PM »
Seems like it could be a really good signing on the evidence so far. I’m interested that he picked us over Celtic- he clearly would’ve been made very welcome there also. Maybe he is seeing the bigger picture and what could be if we go up.

Offline Damo70

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #279 on: August 14, 2018, 03:00:29 PM »
They are about to broadcast a recording of his dressing room initiation song performance on Talksport.

Offline Damo70

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #280 on: August 14, 2018, 03:08:19 PM »
'A Little Respect' by Erasure. I would give him seven out of ten generally (until he tried to hit the high note at the end).

Offline Matt Collins

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #281 on: August 18, 2018, 06:26:03 PM »
Has made a very good start

I wonder if we can get hourihane in the team alongside him. I don't love Conor but he does have a goal threat.

Maybe we could play three in a midfield, but I wouldn't try it against Brentford. Could McGinn play wide? He does seem to have a good delivery.

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #282 on: August 18, 2018, 10:09:13 PM »
2 games, 2 assists.

This is my main gripe with Grealish - for all his obvious comfort on the ball he rarely makes a contribution that changes a game. This fella on the other hand has come in and immediately started creating goals.

Long may it continue.

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #283 on: August 18, 2018, 10:13:35 PM »
i'd like us to loan a more mobile and better version of a Jedinak to play behind Grealish and McGinn.  Despite our unbeaten run, we are not dominating games as we are a bit soft through the middle, also need a striker to hole the ball up.

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Re: John McGinn - signed
« Reply #284 on: August 19, 2018, 12:20:43 AM »
2 games, 2 assists.

This is my main gripe with Grealish - for all his obvious comfort on the ball he rarely makes a contribution that changes a game. This fella on the other hand has come in and immediately started creating goals.

Long may it continue.

Harsh on Grealish, he made one in the first game with a great corner, he played a fantastic pass for the goal in the week and even when he's not directly involved in a move he's got 2 men fairly near him almost all the time because teams are terrified of giving him space.  Who gets the assist or plays the key pass doesn't matter so long as the midfield is creating chances.  Take away set pieces and, right now, we're not creating anything like as many as we should with the players we have.

 


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