Barkhuizen

[BigMarkLeonard]

McGeady is absolute class at this level, partially due to the way Grayson gets the best out of him and partially because he had all of last season to build up confidence and form playing for us. That wasn't just Grayson, us fans played a part in that, as did the rest of the club. We simply have nobody that comes anywhere near him in terms of pure ability and may never again in my lifetime sadly enough.

Maguire is exciting and has the potential to score a goal from a good touch and turn and his quickness over 10 yards, Hugill has pace, power and the x factor despite his blatant lack of aesthetics, and despite being out of form Barkhuizen and Robinson have much to offer. The main hope I have is that Harrop emerges this season in the way that Pearson did over time - some of the things he did for United's b-sides were simply outstanding and could not be done without him having huge technical ability. Watch his goal against Palace in the Premier League: if you understand football you will recognise how much ability it took to score it. It was a combination of a range of different highly technical abilities.

With him and Maguire, and Johnson and Pearson sitting in deeper we have some lovely technical central players: I just hope we get the best out of them.

By the way, I find myself impressed with every interview I read or hear from Neil. He articulates his views in a way I can definitively relate to. He isn't the bumbing dullard that Grayson was and seems very astute and tactically switched on. Time will obviously tell but apart from our obvious paucity of gate money and finances compared to the majority of the teams in this division I am confident we are going about things the right way and feel nothing other than optimism, albeit tempered by financial reality.

 

[26-0]

McGeady is absolute class at this level, partially due to the way Grayson gets the best out of him and partially because he had all of last season to build up confidence and form playing for us. That wasn't just Grayson, us fans played a part in that, as did the rest of the club. We simply have nobody that comes anywhere near him in terms of pure ability and may never again in my lifetime sadly enough.

Maguire is exciting and has the potential to score a goal from a good touch and turn and his quickness over 10 yards, Hugill has pace, power and the x factor despite his blatant lack of aesthetics, and despite being out of form Barkhuizen and Robinson have much to offer. The main hope I have is that Harrop emerges this season in the way that Pearson did over time - some of the things he did for United's b-sides were simply outstanding and could not be done without him having huge technical ability. Watch his goal against Palace in the Premier League: if you understand football you will recognise how much ability it took to score it. It was a combination of a range of different highly technical abilities.

With him and Maguire, and Johnson and Pearson sitting in deeper we have some lovely technical central players: I just hope we get the best out of them.

By the way, I find myself impressed with every interview I read or hear from Neil. He articulates his views in a way I can definitively relate to. He isn't the bumbing dullard that Grayson was and seems very astute and tactically switched on. Time will obviously tell but apart from our obvious paucity of gate money and finances compared to the majority of the teams in this division I am confident we are going about things the right way and feel nothing other than optimism, albeit tempered by financial reality.

Another great post BML.

We have some really talented players and good coaches so hopefully we can look forward to more good individual and team performances.

 

[potsie66]

McGeady is absolute class at this level, partially due to the way Grayson gets the best out of him and partially because he had all of last season to build up confidence and form playing for us. That wasn't just Grayson, us fans played a part in that, as did the rest of the club. We simply have nobody that comes anywhere near him in terms of pure ability and may never again in my lifetime sadly enough.

Maguire is exciting and has the potential to score a goal from a good touch and turn and his quickness over 10 yards, Hugill has pace, power and the x factor despite his blatant lack of aesthetics, and despite being out of form Barkhuizen and Robinson have much to offer. The main hope I have is that Harrop emerges this season in the way that Pearson did over time - some of the things he did for United's b-sides were simply outstanding and could not be done without him having huge technical ability. Watch his goal against Palace in the Premier League: if you understand football you will recognise how much ability it took to score it. It was a combination of a range of different highly technical abilities.

With him and Maguire, and Johnson and Pearson sitting in deeper we have some lovely technical central players: I just hope we get the best out of them.

By the way, I find myself impressed with every interview I read or hear from Neil. He articulates his views in a way I can definitively relate to. He isn't the bumbing dullard that Grayson was and seems very astute and tactically switched on. Time will obviously tell but apart from our obvious paucity of gate money and finances compared to the majority of the teams in this division I am confident we are going about things the right way and feel nothing other than optimism, albeit tempered by financial reality.

+1.
Really impressed with ANs honest assessment of the games so far. With regards to McGeady I think we need to get over him. The facts are he was never contracted to us, he was here on loan, and once Grayson left there was only one place he was ever gonna end up at. Let's concentrate on the promising young talent we have and get behind them.... Even if they do have a quiet game or two. Personally I think they are well worth the patience

 

[BigMarkLeonard]

Thanks lads - much appreciated.
Regards
BML

 

[26-0]

+1.
Really impressed with ANs honest assessment of the games so far. With regards to McGeady I think we need to get over him. The facts are he was never contracted to us, he was here on loan, and once Grayson left there was only one place he was ever gonna end up at. Let's concentrate on the promising young talent we have and get behind them.... Even if they do have a quiet game or two. Personally I think they are well worth the patience

Well said.

Let's enjoy what promises to be the development of a really good young team and play our part with positive support.

 

[ernest]

It will be an interesting team selection today. If we play one upfront then it will presumably be Maguire who obviously made an impact when he came on on Tuesday though I think the reality is that Hugill ran himself silly in both previous games with little support and does not deserve to be benched. As I've made clear I would like see Hugill and Maguire used as a partnership upfront which would probably mean Browne being held back so that Pearson and Johnson would become the 'engine room'. Like others I would guess that Horgan and Harrop may get the nod today over the so far misfiring Robinson and Barkhuizen.

 

[sedgwick__7]

It will be an interesting team selection today. If we play one upfront then it will presumably be Maguire who obviously made an impact when he came on on Tuesday though I think the reality is that Hugill ran himself silly in both previous games with little support and does not deserve to be benched. As I've made clear I would like see Hugill and Maguire used as a partnership upfront which would probably mean Browne being held back so that Pearson and Johnson would become the 'engine room'. Like others I would guess that Horgan and Harrop may get the nod today over the so far misfiring Robinson and Barkhuizen.

I've heard from someone usually 'itk', Hugill up top with Maguire in the no.10 role, and Earl at left back.

 

[ernest]

I've heard from someone usually 'itk', Hugill up top with Maguire in the no.10 role, and Earl at left back.

That would presumably mean that Harrop would not start and that the other two midfielders would be Johnson and Horgan, who again seems to have put himself about enough on Tuesday to deserve a start. Maybe Maguire picking the ball up in deeper positions and running at the opposition be prove an effective ploy. All the reports from pre-season indicated that Earl looked a lot better than O'Connor when he played. I have no objection to giving youngsters a chance if they deserve it. Will Davies get the nod over Spurr?

 

[BigMarkLeonard]

I have no problem with Maguire in the 10 role, would hope Harrop and Horgan get starts too and much prefer Earl to O'Connor.

Earl likes to bomb on but proved against Burnley that he can't half tackle. Him and Fisher are quite an exciting full back pairing, albeit one I suspect (though hope not) prone to the odd lapse.

 

[kbd_pne]

Apart from some poor finishing, I thought he looked back to his usual self today.

He was around the box much more and looked much more of a threat than in the previous games so far, and did brilliantly for the goal.

 

[Bhagwan Hardcastle]

Getting back to form. Has no left foot!!!

 

[ernest]

Apart from some poor finishing, I thought he looked back to his usual self today.

He was around the box much more and looked much more of a threat than in the previous games so far, and did brilliantly for the goal.

I've only watched highlights so far and the noticeable thing about Barkhizen is that he is not stuck way out wide on the right. Indeed apart from chasing that ball way out wide on the left to help set up the ball he is generally much more central. He needs a goal to get himself underway as does Maguire. If we can then have Hugill, Maguire and Barkhuizen working together as an attacking unit we may start to win games by some very convincing margins.

 

[proton]

I've only watched highlights so far and the noticeable thing about Barkhizen is that he is not stuck way out wide on the right. Indeed apart from chasing that ball way out wide on the left to help set up the ball he is generally much more central. He needs a goal to get himself underway as does Maguire. If we can then have Hugill, Maguire and Barkhuizen working together as an attacking unit we may start to win games by some very convincing margins.

He played left side yesterday Ernest with Maguire out right.

 

[ernest]

He played left side yesterday Ernest with Maguire out right.

Yes, thanks - that's what seemed evident from the highlights and even though he is right-footed I think that suits him better. It doesn't - as the goal indicated - stop him from getting crosses in at times and it certainly does help him get into more central, goal-scoring positions more frequently otherwise. Maguire, though, should not be running wide - as the goal showed he and Hugill need to work together.