06-04-2019, 19:35
(This post was last modified: 06-04-2019, 19:44 by Slick_Footwork.)
(06-04-2019, 19:14)Beefy 1965 Wrote: Mginn has apparently been their stand out player during their 6 game win streak and has scored goals for them including a belter today.
I would say he is better than Livermore and Brunt but it's opinions mate.
To be fair, my opinion on McGinn might be wrong, as I've only seen him 4-5 times, but in those games he hasn't particularly impressed me.
The Villa fans at work keep waxing lyrical about him, but I take them with a pinch of salt. If I listened to everything they said and didn't look at the table, I'd swear they were running away with the league...
Now I don't doubt he's better than Brunt. I personally think Brunt is a spent force as a midfielder now. But it's not like we only have Brunt and Livermore in the midfield, we also have Barry, Johansen, Harper, Field, Mozza, Matt Phillips. IMO Johansen is comparable to McGinn in the way they play, and I certainly wouldn't say McGinn is better than Johansen from what I've seen - Johansen is the captain of his country.
The difference is, due to our poor management, Johansen isn't having time to settle. He's in and out of the side like fiddler's elbow.
(06-04-2019, 19:28)St Charles Owl Wrote: I’m with Beefy, McGinn is better than anything you have in midfield. You guys haven’t looked the same since you lost Barnes back to Leicester, he seemed to be the source of your creativity and I think a striker like Gayle definitely benefits from having someone like Barnes playing. Abraham might or might not be better than Gayle, but he is full of confidence at the moment and scores more goals as well. It is all opinions, keep Grealish quiet and they are not as good going forward, but that is tough.
Have you watched us though? Because, by the sounds of it, you're judging based on 2 games.
John McGinn was playing in the game at Villa park when we beat Villa 2-0, Barry and Livermore bossed the midfield that day and we should've won by more goals.
As well as those, we have Stefan Johansen, who is the captain of his country, Matt Phillips and Rakeem Harper, they are all good midfield players. Personally I wouldn't swap Phillips for McGinn in a million years.
Harvey Barnes was a huge loss, but he never played in midfield, he played in a front 3. He can't be compared to John McGinn in any way shape or form. Barnes was replaced by Jacob Murphy, a side by side comparison of this position in the Villa team would be Adomah or El Ghazi.