John McGinn

[Rudy Can't Fail]

I have him just above Sir Dennis Mortimer, the only thing missing from SJM's stats are trophies but hopefully that will soon be amended. Interestingly their stats right now are almost identical; Sir Dennis 317 Villa appearance, 31 goals. SJM 318 Villa appearances, 37 goals.

That's just league appearances for Dennis. He played 406 times altogether, 36 goals. McGinn may well go past that but he needs to lift a trophy to compare to Mortimer.

You're right on the stats, I stand (yet again) corrected. I still maintain SJM to be the best captain in my lifetime, he just ticks every single box you want from a captain. Sir Dennis was generally in a team of captains, a great player. I still remember his home debut against West Ham on Boxing Day and witnessed every home game he played and plenty away. Like SJM, a fantastic engine, could and would run all day. His only real weakness was his shooting, without that flaw it would have been impossible for England managers to have ignored him, though no doubt they would have tried. He certainly deserved to played for England, it really was a scandal he never not even once got the chance.

[Holte132]

Had a quick look on Wikipedia about SJM. Love the polite way they comment about his arse:

 'He has unusually large buttocks which he uses to shield the ball and turn opponents'

[PeterWithe]

The only player around who can get close to replacing Ginny is Anderson at Forest.
Sadly, it’s inevitable he’ll get hoovered up by Man City if Forest go down.

He's a fine player but I wouldn't have him down as a similar player to SJM. And I prefer Wharton to him as a kind of semi gettable (with CL) deep lying playmaker, and prefer Youri to both of them.

[frank black]

His goal on Sunday was hilarious. He stood there shuffling into an exact position, then started waving both his arms forwards like he was Johnny Wilkinson, getting fully prepared for the shot, all before the free kick was taken.

I turned to my lad, “Keep your eye on McGinn”.

It was the most signposted goal ever, but what a goal!