05 Oct 2014 20:45:00
Said i'd do a post on mccarthy and here it is, watched highlights of henderson against wba last night, heard a few of me mates arguing over who is better, it got me thinking, what does mccarthy actually do? He runs around the halfway line a lot and does the odd tackle, his passing is always sideways and he never carries the ball, he never wants the ball, doesn't create anything, doesn't score and never drives forward, henderson its pass and move, mccarthy its pass to coleman or mirallas then jog back near the centre halfs, he does the odd decent tackle here and there but doesn't actually contribute anything going forward, its all well and good working hard but you have to have something extra, 'bargain at 13m', was it? We spent 13m on a player who will not reach 10 goals in his career for us and might get 3 assists a season, i'd say headless chicken is very very close to what he is, so again, what does he do, i'd hold off calling him class and all as he is far from it, he's okay at best, will put a shift in and that's all, not vert good

1.) 05 Oct 2014
Bit harsh that Swan, last time I looked event the best flair players can't do much without the ball. He might not be a creative force, but in my opinion at he's best he's a very good box to box midfielder. Admittedly he hasn't hit the heights of last year but no one has so far this term. It's easy to forget after our below average start that we were all dreading United coming in for him during the Summer. I'd like to see him and Besic given a go at some point maybe when Barkley is back? Would be a very dynamic midfield with McCarthy doing the Barry role and Besic getting up and down.