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Offline Matt C

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5760 on: September 21, 2024, 05:55:19 PM »
Hamstring? Looked like something was bothering him in the warmup.

Offline Toronto Villa

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5761 on: September 21, 2024, 07:06:37 PM »
Bollocks. Hamstring gone. Done for a few weeks. So sad for him now he’ll miss the massive game vs Bayern.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5762 on: September 21, 2024, 07:15:28 PM »
Love SJM but he's one player we can cope without for a few weeks. Let him heal and rest, and aim to have him back fit after the next int'l break.

Offline Goldenballs

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5763 on: September 21, 2024, 07:17:14 PM »
Bollocks. Hamstring gone. Done for a few weeks. So sad for him now he’ll miss the massive game vs Bayern.

That's really sad, gutted for him. He's been part of our revival from the beginning.

Offline Risso

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5764 on: September 21, 2024, 07:31:04 PM »
He hasn't been right this season, so hopefully a short rest will do him good.

Offline achilles

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5765 on: September 21, 2024, 07:40:09 PM »
To be fair to him he has been playing in a position that does not suit him at all but hopefully the rest will do him good and he will come back fully fit and refreshed.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5766 on: September 21, 2024, 07:46:07 PM »
He hasn't been right this season, so hopefully a short rest will do him good.

TBH he has been playing on the wing with a defender behind him for most of it. I agree though that if we now have Bailey back we might not miss him, especially with Onana, Barkley and Tielemans playing so well in the centre.

Offline Flamingo Lane

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5767 on: September 21, 2024, 07:54:43 PM »
That's a shame for him, but he does need a rest. I think that need has been showing itself for a few months now, for both Villa and just as much Scotland. May sound selfish, but this injury would have been better coming just before the last international break.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5768 on: September 21, 2024, 07:56:16 PM »
Bollocks. Hamstring gone. Done for a few weeks. So sad for him now he’ll miss the massive game vs Bayern.

I'd imagine Celtic is the big one for him.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5769 on: September 21, 2024, 08:01:10 PM »
Say it quietly, but he isn’t one of our best four midfielders anymore.

Offline Risso

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5770 on: September 21, 2024, 08:02:26 PM »

Say it quietly, but he isn’t one of our best four midfielders anymore.




He isn’t one of our best four midfielders anymore.




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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5771 on: September 21, 2024, 08:04:00 PM »
Say it quietly, but he isn’t one of our best four midfielders anymore.


He isn’t one of our best four midfielders anymore.

:D Beat me to it.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5772 on: September 21, 2024, 08:08:07 PM »
Bit of revisionism here for me. Heart and soul of the team and will be missed.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5773 on: September 21, 2024, 08:12:42 PM »
He's a great player for us. But I agree, his loss now is nothing like as bad as it would have been two years ago.

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Re: John McGinn
« Reply #5774 on: September 21, 2024, 08:12:45 PM »
Bit of revisionism here for me. Heart and soul of the team and will be missed.

Where's the revisionism? He's still a very good player, but there comes a time when a team strengthens every year that eventually all players get overtaken. He's not as good a central midfielder as Tielemans or Onana, so with everybody fit, his position is on the right of midfield. But that also happens to be Bailey's position, who you'd want playing there against 90% of teams in the Premier League. So, still an important player, but not currently one of the best 4 in the midfield.

 


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