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Ali McCann

Ali McCann

He's not been playing because Whiteman, Browne and Johnson have been very good for a couple of months. But their performances today will surely open the door for McCann on Tuesday night.

I like all 3 of said midfielders but none of them can complain if they aren't playing vs Forest. They put zero pressure on the ball in the 1st half and were pedestrian/poor in possession.

Like the rest of the team they seriously have to up their game at Deepdale.
 
Been poor going forward all season, I suspect that's the reason. Would love to see him get a run of games but Whiteman is best in his role and I like DJ and Browne in the two 8 roles. Hard one honestly.
 
Deserves a chance on Tuesday.

Bewildering why Ledson keeps getting the nod over him when a sub is coming on ?

Browne and DJ both had very poor first half's, but of the two i would risk Browney as he's been poor for the past 3 games now. DJ is still easily the more creative of the two.
 
MyAxe said:
Deserves a chance on Tuesday.

Bewildering why Ledson keeps getting the nod over him when a sub is coming on ?

Browne and DJ both had very poor first half's, but of the two i would risk Browney as he's been poor for the past 3 games now. DJ is still easily the more creative of the two.
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McCann doesn’t speak scouse.
 
MyAxe said:
Deserves a chance on Tuesday.

Bewildering why Ledson keeps getting the nod over him when a sub is coming on ?

Browne and DJ both had very poor first half's, but of the two i would risk Browney as he's been poor for the past 3 games now. DJ is still easily the more creative of the two.
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Maybe because there's a chance we might want to sell Ledson in the summer (he'll be going into the final year of his contract) whereas McCann has 3 years to go?

Lowe may want to see more of him before deciding what to do about him, while with McCann he has plenty of time to decide.
 
Thracia said:
Maybe because there's a chance we might want to sell Ledson in the summer (he'll be going into the final year of his contract) whereas McCann has 3 years to go?

Lowe may want to see more of him before deciding what to do about him, while with McCann he has plenty of time to decide.
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We'll end up giving Ledson a new bumper contract and then don't play either of them, it's how we roll.
 
He’s a brilliant player who never stops running. If he ever loses the ball you can put your house on him winning it back within 10 seconds. Browne has been a bit poor recently but the only issue is Browne plays in a more advanced position due to his attacking ability, i don’t think Mccann has that so how can we drop Browne for Mccann?
 
McCann adds the bite and tenacity when playing, he offers a midfield "press" whereas Whiteman, Browne and DJ just don't do this, Reading pressed us all first half and with our midfield 3 totally outplayed.

Whiteman is a "luxury" players who is fuckin useless in a dogfight, Borwne is just useless but another managers fav, DJ was just absent first half.

McCann should be in the team every game with the others (Ledson excepted) offering little or no aptitude when it comes to a battle.
 
billymac said:
McCann adds the bite and tenacity when playing, he offers a midfield "press" whereas Whiteman, Browne and DJ just don't do this, Reading pressed us all first half and with our midfield 3 totally outplayed.

Whiteman is a "luxury" players who is fuckin useless in a dogfight, Borwne is just useless but another managers fav, DJ was just absent first half.

McCann should be in the team every game with the others (Ledson excepted) offering little or no aptitude when it comes to a battle.
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Pity Lowe doesn't share that point of view. Has there been an altercation behind the scenes? Can't otherwise see him being left out because of a lack of effort or ability.
 
billymac said:
McCann adds the bite and tenacity when playing, he offers a midfield "press" whereas Whiteman, Browne and DJ just don't do this, Reading pressed us all first half and with our midfield 3 totally outplayed.

Whiteman is a "luxury" players who is fuckin useless in a dogfight, Borwne is just useless but another managers fav, DJ was just absent first half.

McCann should be in the team every game with the others (Ledson excepted) offering little or no aptitude when it comes to a battle.
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With midfield players defending, there’s a lot more to it than the eye catching tackle. A good midfield player can be defensively sound by good positioning and reading the game. I honestly don’t think Whiteman does either of those and is consequently easily bypassed, it happened a fair few times this afternoon and was a major factor last Saturday as well. I know it’s not a very popular opinion on here but I honestly think he has to improve significantly defensively if he’s going to be effective in the role he’s being asked to play.
 
I guess given our results under Lowe, and Whiteman, Browne and DJ have been part of that good run, it's been hard to replace them. However, I was baffled why Ledson was the replacement for Whiteman and not McCann.
 
I think Rylo sees McCann as one who plays in the position of either Browne or DJ and not Whiteman. He sees Ledson as his other “Whiteman”, hence why i think Ledson got the nod today, whom did more in 5mins than Whiteman did all game.
 
The issue today first half was Browne and DJ were miles away from Ben Whiteman leaving him exposed! - and when a player like John Swift drops deeper (without our centre halfs dropping in with him) caused us massive issues - thought Ben Whiteman wasn’t helped by Alan Browne or DJ first half

Alan Browne did improve second half and ledson did well replacing Ben W
 
norky84 said:
I guess given our results under Lowe, and Whiteman, Browne and DJ have been part of that good run, it's been hard to replace them. However, I was baffled why Ledson was the replacement for Whiteman and not McCann.
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I think the only reason for Ledson ahead of McCann is a misguided opinion that Ledson brings more guile and bite to the midfield?.
 
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