Zatman Posted September 15, 2016 Share Posted September 15, 2016 4 hours ago, KHV said: Adomah isn't a central midfielder, Gary Gardner is terrible, Tshibola is a complete unknown with an atrocious injury record and Jedinak is bang average and the wrong side of 30. McCormack was an unnecessary signing with no resale value regardless of wether he flops or not. McCormack is not an attacking midfielder either. If we needed one we should have signed one. Square pegs in round holes yet again at Villa park and rather unsurprisingly it's not working. I do like McCormack and I think he is a good player but I feel he was a panic signing made after MIddlesbrough friendly to appease fans without any real thinking on how to use him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted September 15, 2016 Author Share Posted September 15, 2016 48 minutes ago, Zatman said: I do like McCormack and I think he is a good player but I feel he was a panic signing made after MIddlesbrough friendly to appease fans without any real thinking on how to use him Well he's being used in his correct position so, there's half your conspiracy theory blown away. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Made In Aston Posted September 15, 2016 Popular Post Share Posted September 15, 2016 I read a stat the other day that stated McCormack has created more chances and made more key passes than any other player in the division. Looks like he is pretty effective in the position be is being played,regardless of what some people seem to think on here. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daweii Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 1 hour ago, Made In Aston said: I read a stat the other day that stated McCormack has created more chances and made more key passes than any other player in the division. Looks like he is pretty effective in the position be is being played,regardless of what some people seem to think on here. His effectiveness at this point relies solely on the players he's linking with.. If they don't score then McCormack looks useless as he doesn't get that all important assist stat. Yet again it all comes back to not taking our chances, we are creating them but until we take them McCormack will continue to look more useless than he should. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villan_007 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 2 hours ago, Made In Aston said: I read a stat the other day that stated McCormack has created more chances and made more key passes than any other player in the division. Looks like he is pretty effective in the position be is being played,regardless of what some people seem to think on here. Yep plus scored a few already, stonking shot off the bar also. Got it all in his locker. But we can't sell him in two yrs so was a waste of money. If we'd put our chances away this wouldn't even be up for discussion. Conceding late goals and having a weak midfield has nothing to do with RM 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Didn't have a good game but I generally think he has been one of our better signings. For me he can't play McCormack, Rudy, ayew and kodjia. It's too attacking. That's not even including freakish either! Personally I think Rudy should be on the bench as he tends to make more of an impact as a sub 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 6 hours ago, Made In Aston said: I read a stat the other day that stated McCormack has created more chances and made more key passes than any other player in the division. Looks like he is pretty effective in the position be is being played,regardless of what some people seem to think on here. I really don't know why this common knowledge continually gets ignored. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RimmyJimmer Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 16 minutes ago, Demitri_C said: Didn't have a good game but I generally think he has been one of our better signings. For me he can't play McCormack, Rudy, ayew and kodjia. It's too attacking. That's not even including freakish either! Personally I think Rudy should be on the bench as he tends to make more of an impact as a sub Freakish?!! Ha ha Yes the line up wednesday night read 4-2-4 to me, far too unbalanced, especially at the stage we're at where we need to grind out victories. As much as most fans dont want them, I think we need to play westwood, gardner with jedinak to shore up the midfield. Forget trying to steamroller teams by 4 or 5, we need a few 1-0'ers on the board first 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozvillafan Posted September 16, 2016 VT Supporter Share Posted September 16, 2016 I don't mind the 4-5-1 formation with Jedinak, Gardner and Westwood in central midfield..... ... but who is going to replace them if one of them gets a knock (assuming Tshibola is injured - which seems a pretty solid assumption) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: Well he's being used in his correct position so, there's half your conspiracy theory blown away. conspiracy theory As I said I rate McCormack but he was a signing at that price we didnt really need in that position since Ayew wants to play there especially when Ayew keeps going into his position and rarely passing him the ball. I think it was a signing made without thinking about the balance of the squad, we could have got a centre defender and midfielder instead which would have left us better balanced at the time Edited September 16, 2016 by Zatman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dounavilla Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 19 minutes ago, RimmyJimmer said: Freakish?!! Ha ha Yes the line up wednesday night read 4-2-4 to me, far too unbalanced, especially at the stage we're at where we need to grind out victories. As much as most fans dont want them, I think we need to play westwood, gardner with jedinak to shore up the midfield. Forget trying to steamroller teams by 4 or 5, we need a few 1-0'ers on the board first I think he ment Gresford. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 McCormack create a lot of space with his movement and when we are pressing high up the pitch he is integral to it. I couldn't care less about his sell on value (and let's be honest he's not that old). Him and Kodjia up front will score a boat load of goals together 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIVillan Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Im sure I saw somewhere from a Fulham supporter saying it will probably take him upto 8 games to get upto speed with us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 5 hours ago, Zatman said: conspiracy theory As I said I rate McCormack but he was a signing at that price we didnt really need in that position since Ayew wants to play there especially when Ayew keeps going into his position and rarely passing him the ball. I think it was a signing made without thinking about the balance of the squad, we could have got a centre defender and midfielder instead which would have left us better balanced at the time It literally is a conspiracy theory. You've suggesting he was signed to pacify fans rather than as a request of the manager. He's better than Ayew in the number 10 role because he is also capable of scoring 20 goals a season. Ayew is not, nor is he anywhere near consistent enough to be that main man. I have to question whether you have seen us play this season based on your assertion that they 'get in each others way' or that he rarely passes him the ball. It happened once, though Ayew rarely passes to anyone. In a nutshell, you're talking nonsense. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr_Pangloss Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Him and Kodjia need to be the combination up front if we play with two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkLillis Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 Maybe we will see a lot more when he is paired with the right partner? Certainly looks like an intelligent player.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) 14 hours ago, dont_do_it_doug. said: It literally is a conspiracy theory. You've suggesting he was signed to pacify fans rather than as a request of the manager. He's better than Ayew in the number 10 role because he is also capable of scoring 20 goals a season. Ayew is not, nor is he anywhere near consistent enough to be that main man. I have to question whether you have seen us play this season based on your assertion that they 'get in each others way' or that he rarely passes him the ball. It happened once, though Ayew rarely passes to anyone. In a nutshell, you're talking nonsense. Ive seen enough of us this season to know he is miles better than Ayew and not just one pass that he didnt play. Ayew except the Forest game has no passing or football brain on his repertoire Edited September 17, 2016 by Zatman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dont_do_it_doug. Posted September 17, 2016 Author Share Posted September 17, 2016 (edited) 7 hours ago, Zatman said: Ive seen enough of us this season to know he is miles better than Ayew and not just one pass that he didnt play. Ayew except the Forest game has no passing or football brain on his repertoire Erm, yeah. Exactly. Well I don't think Ayew is as useless as you say, but wasn't your point that we didn't need McCormack as we had Ayew to play the number 10 role? Edited September 17, 2016 by dont_do_it_doug. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StanBalaban Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 Could have done with him today, with Ipswich looking to barricade their penalty box with bodies. A bit of guile was necessary but lacking this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted September 17, 2016 Share Posted September 17, 2016 You could see what he adds today we were so poor going forward Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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