26 Apr 2026 11:06:04
Mykolenko caught out at the back post again yesterday and this time against somebody who is non-existent as an aerial threat in Bowen.
When somebody makes a mistake, you can let it slide, things happen, but when it is the same mistake time and time again and when it is something that can be erased with a modicum of desire and competitive nous, it becomes unforgivable.
Understand that we need bodies at the other end of the pitch but I will die on the hill that we need to sign 3 defenders in the summer if we want to be taken seriously next season.
26 Apr 2026 12:38:42
Yet Moyes keeps picking him. Answer me this: who does Moyes trust as last man when the big lads go up? Myko is not perfect by any means, yet his contract has just been extended. 3 pts from 5 games is bad, but it isn't down to one player.
26 Apr 2026 14:03:53
Does the fact that Moyes keeps picking him change the point I have raised - no, it does not. He is absolutely atrocious. He offers absolutely naff-all going forward, and it is a complete myth that he is some quality defender.
It also doesn't help that the only other LB we have is an unknown kid with not even a season's worth of professional football games.
Well, ordinarily, you would leave a defender back when the big lads go up, and Myko is the only defender that we have who isn't a big lad, so I really don't understand your point.
Furthermore, is football about defending corners that you have in the opposition's box - baffling statement.
You are right though, Moyes does keep picking him. Either he is obsessed with Myko, as you are, or Dms is actually Moyes.
Finally, I never said that we lost because of Mykolenko. I am calling him out for a mistake he has made more times than he has scored goals or assisted for this club in his 5 seasons with us.
26 Apr 2026 15:13:57
Course it does, it shows he knows a hell of a lot more about his players and the game than us.
26 Apr 2026 15:15:22
Need to look in a mirror mate for obsession.
26 Apr 2026 16:25:15
I'm with BN here, DMs. He is correct in everything he has said about Mykolenko.
No, he is not to blame for our poor performance and result yesterday, but he was at fault for the winner. I will add to it that a few minutes before WH scored, the ball was played to Myko wide left. He had time and space to pick out a man in the box.
He played it straight out for a goal kick. They scored the winner straight after the goal kick.
He needs replacing just as much as O'Brien does at right back. We can improve those positions easily this summer. Whether we do is another thing all together.
26 Apr 2026 21:08:06
My point was that Mykolenko makes the same mistake time and time again, getting caught out at the back post, opposition getting the run on him. The fact that Moyes keeps picking him does not make that factual statement untrue.
He is his only LB at the club, bar Aznou, who I have already commented on.
I will be saying my prayers that the only reason he has signed on is to recoup some money for him or to have him as a backup to a player who can actually play the position and play it well.
I would rather have Valente, Pistone or Naysmith over Mykolenko. He is absolutely dreadful.
27 Apr 2026 13:37:21
I agree Bn, I don't rate Mykolenko at all and thought Aznou would be an upgrade on him. But we haven't seen enough of him to judge.
There are much better full backs out there than the 2 we start with every week.
So our recruitment team need to find them. If we want to push up the league, we need improvements in both full backs as well as a striker.