Steero113 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Not a chance in hell of getting this guy. Burnley would want £40m + and there's no way we are forking that out for a winger at this stage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awol Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 £50m? I respect Burnley’s right to price him out of a move. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
est1874 Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Makes sense at ~40m if we sell Jack. Otherwise, no thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Meh.... McNeil is underwhelming and is the type of signing you'd expect if Bruce or O'Neill were still running things, except we'd pay way over the odds and expect too much out of him from the jump. That said, if Smith, Lange, & co want him, I'm 100% for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazrim Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 2 minutes ago, Tomaszk said: We aren't getting him for less than £45m. Absolutely no way. What on Christ's green earth has he done to deserve to be valued so highly? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 I find this story hard to believe, with Grealish on the left he isn't going to play there, and we've already got Buendia and Traore for the right, and I know that people seem to think that any player that happens to have a bit flair/creativity about them can play as No.10/ACM but it really isn't as simple as that, as it's a role that requires a very speciic set of skills and requires a specialist, which is presumably why we were trying to sign Smith Rowe a player who actually plays as a ACM... Of course people will say Grealish will play as the No.10, but if we were trying to sign Smith Rowe a ACM then the plan was obviously to play him there with Grealish on the left, we aren't just going to abandon the plans we had for Grealish just because Smith Rowe isn't signing and to allow McNeill to play on our left hand side. Also I think this idea that people have that we'll sign another winger/No.10 then that player and Grealish and Buendia will play in some sort of fluid system where they keep swapping roles is a little naive and unlikely to happen, Grealish will be on the left with Buendia on the right and then with a new signing playing as the ACM... Unless of course Grealish leaves, then signing McNeill would make more sense as he'd take his place on the left, or play on the right cutting in on his left with Buendia on the left cutting in on his right. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Just now, Mazrim said: What on Christ's green earth has he done to deserve to be valued so highly? Exactly... Burnley are a selling club. No way he'll go for more than 30 million. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHY Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Would be a horrible signing, lacks pace, doesn’t get many assists in a team built for set pieces. Not once seen him play and thought we need to sign this kid. Actually it’s the complete opposite. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomaszk Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 22 minutes ago, Mazrim said: What on Christ's green earth has he done to deserve to be valued so highly? Be a good 21 year old Premier League player in 2021 with four years on his contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rodders0223 Posted July 19, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted July 19, 2021 Most overated player in the league. One dimensional, he's like a F grade Stewart Downing. He's great for Burnley's standards, and if they think they can get £35m + for him then fair play to them. if they want to charge a £50m **** off price then fair play to them. He isn't worth it. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 I don't watch enough Burnley games to say and when I have I've not really noticed McNeil much as far as I can remember. Know he had a good game against us this season. Am I right in thinking that he's more of a traditional winger, left footed who plays on the left. Good at crossing. The type we've so far not really used under Smith? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Made In Aston Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 On 06/06/2021 at 08:50, Delphinho123 said: I don’t actually think we’ve got one top 10 standard winger at the club presuming Buendia and Grealish are classed as 10’s. Luckily, both of the aforementioned can play out wide. So are you saying we do have 2 top standard wingers or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KMitch Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 29 minutes ago, useless said: I find this story hard to believe, with Grealish on the left he isn't going to play there, and we've already got Buendia and Traore for the right, and I know that people seem to think that any player that happens to have a bit flair/creativity about them can play as No.10/ACM but it really isn't as simple as that, as it's a role that requires a very speciic set of skills and requires a specialist, which is presumably why we were trying to sign Smith Rowe a player who actually plays as a ACM... Of course people will say Grealish will play as the No.10, but if we were trying to sign Smith Rowe a ACM then the plan was obviously to play him there with Grealish on the left, we aren't just going to abandon the plans we had for Grealish just because Smith Rowe isn't signing and to allow McNeill to play on our left hand side. Also I think this idea that people have that we'll sign another winger/No.10 then that player and Grealish and Buendia will play in some sort of fluid system where they keep swapping roles is a little naive and unlikely to happen, Grealish will be on the left with Buendia on the right and then with a new signing playing as the ACM... Unless of course Grealish leaves, then signing McNeill would make more sense as he'd take his place on the left, or play on the right cutting in on his left with Buendia on the left cutting in on his right. McNeil is a completely different style of player to ESR, but I did see on one of those YouTube compilations of Julian Alvarez that McNeil is a similar type player to him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hippo Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 I think this would be a decent if unspectular signing. I think some of the daft links over the summer have heightened expectations beyond what is realistic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_Villain Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 36 minutes ago, Mazrim said: What on Christ's green earth has he done to deserve to be valued so highly? Apparently we want him… and the powers that be want us to sell Grealish for lots of money… and if we have lots of money from that, then we need to give lots of money to other clubs for players without even a fraction of Jack’s ability 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 1 minute ago, DJ_Villain said: Apparently we want him… and the powers that be want us to sell Grealish for lots of money… and if we have lots of money from that, then we need to give lots of money to other clubs for players without even a fraction of Jack’s ability Is he as good as Grealish? Definitely no. Does he have the potential to become as good? *Probably* no, but he does have a lot of potential, and that's what buyers would be paying for. He's four years younger than Grealish, and it's not like Jack was some consistent world-class talent around summer 2017. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
useless Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 He's actually a good player, people talk of wingers being inconsistent, McNeill isn't like that doesn't go missing from games and always puts in a good performance. But I kind of feel this link is similar to the Abraham one, in that signing him for our first team doesn't really make sense and he's not going to come to us as a squad option and we probably wouldn't play the money it would require for that either. My guess is that he was probably an alternative option to Buendia before we signed him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 1 minute ago, useless said: He's actually a good player, people talk of wingers being inconsistent, McNeill isn't like that doesn't go missing from games and always puts in a good performance. But I kind of feel this link is similar to the Abraham one, in that signing him for our first team doesn't really make sense and he's not going to come to us as a squad option and we probably wouldn't play the money it would require for that either. My guess is that he was probably an alternative option to Buendia before we signed him. I think I agree with your previous post that he would make sense only if we sell Grealish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villa4europe Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) you should put the telegraph article in the bin as soon as you get to the suggestion that everton will buy 3 wingers this summer Edited July 19, 2021 by villa4europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MessiWillSignForVilla Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Depends how much stock you put in that whispers guy on twitter, but he's claimed we were only interested when we got an enquiry for Jack 6 weeks ago, but that we've not moved forward at all with it since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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