Dwight McNeil

Papabendi · Post by **Papabendi** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:01 pm

Worth addressing, I have certainly been vocal regarding his loss of form of late. Thought he was excellent tonight.

jedi_master · Post by **jedi_master** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:02 pm

Best outfield player on the pitch - much more like the Dwight we know.

MACCA · Post by **MACCA** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:02 pm

Excellent tonight, certainly looks like he's got his mojo back, might have just needed a rest.

Now if he can just get thst final ball and shot sorted I'm sure he will be assisting and scoring very soon.

Vegas Claret · Post by **Vegas Claret** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:03 pm

yep agree, not only delivered good balls into the box but was full of energy. Maybe he has been unsettled with the transfer window but back at it tonight for sure

NewClaret · Post by **NewClaret** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:07 pm

Likewise. Outstanding tonight though. Long may it continue.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:08 pm

I think I'd rather see him down the middle. Let him drop back and pick the ball up in central midfield and run at the opposition.

Woodleyclaret · Post by **Woodleyclaret** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:08 pm

Excellent game

3putt · Post by **3putt** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:14 pm

agree he looked good tonight,also agreewit others that his final ball/ shot needs to be better. if he could put in a decent crosss when having made rooom for himself or shoot on target he would truly be a top premier league player

Tribesmen · Post by **Tribesmen** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:14 pm

Yep he was on it tonight

Guller Bull · Post by **Guller Bull** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:14 pm

3putt wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:14 pm
agree he looked good tonight,also agreewit others that his final ball/ shot needs to be better. if he could put in a decent crosss when having made rooom for himself or shoot on target he would truly be a top premier league player

He is young enough to add that to his game.

BOYSIE31 · Post by **BOYSIE31** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:37 pm

Best game since March - we need him on form

warksclaret · Post by **warksclaret** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:41 pm

He is the difference in us doing well. Always a threat when he presses-hopefully from tonight he will go on to get even better in next few games. Hopefully our coaches recognise this

claretburns · Post by **claretburns** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:49 pm

Was great tonight, find his crossing is much better when he has to hit it first time with no thinking, when he has time to set himself seems to overhit it a lot.

Steve-Harpers-perm · Post by **Steve-Harpers-perm** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:57 pm

Looked very sharp tonight. Good to see.

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:08 pm

We've got a fantastic player on our hands. Would like to see him going forward a little bit more but he is a star in the making.

Vino blanco · Post by **Vino blanco** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:13 pm

He looked like a PL footballer tonight, the other 19 outfield players didn't.

Wellsy1882 · Post by **Wellsy1882** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:42 pm

Without dwight wed be fcuked

tim_noone · Post by **tim_noone** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:46 pm

Still not convinced he's worth £50million though.

3putt · Post by **3putt** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:47 pm

Guller Bull wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:14 pm
He is young enough to add that to his game.

agree wit this, but it may well need the help of coaches.

Local cricketer · Post by **Local cricketer** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:04 pm

Because he's had a pay rise

HunterST_BFC · Post by **HunterST_BFC** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:09 pm

MACCA wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 8:02 pm
Excellent tonight, certainly looks like he's got his mojo back, might have just needed a rest.

Now if he can just get thst final ball and shot sorted I'm sure he will be assisting and scoring very soon.

... and maybe learn he also has a right foot - and work on that. (like Giggs did)

Burnley1989 · Post by **Burnley1989** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:09 pm

Had a good game, they’re a bad side though

tiger76 · Post by **tiger76** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:16 pm

tim_noone wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:46 pm
Still not convinced he's worth £50million though.

He's worth a lot more than £50m, especially now he's signed an extension, he still has aspects of his game to improve on, but he's got the raw ability to become a PL stalwart for many years, let's enjoy him well we can, because sooner or later he'll be off to bigger things.

ClaretTony · Post by **ClaretTony** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:18 pm

Sometimes Dwight doesn't look as if he's interested but I think it's just how he is, used to be like that in U18s & U23s - but have to say that he looked like the Dwight we know tonight. Much, much better performance from him.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:20 pm

Local cricketer wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:04 pm
Because he's had a pay rise

Could work the other way - play better to get the pay rise. When he has it... not try as hard.

jrgbfc · Post by **jrgbfc** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:22 pm

Can't understand our fans who don't rate him. He is head and shoulders above anyone else in that team. Put him in a side with some better footballers and he'll improve even more.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:27 pm

jrgbfc wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:22 pm
Can't understand our fans who don't rate him. He is head and shoulders above anyone else in that team. Put him in a side with some better footballers and he'll improve even more.

Never understand why we need to put players down to say how good another player is.

Roll on a week and he'll be quiet and Chris Wood will be the stand out man of the match. Roll on another week, and Nick Pope will be an auto starter for England. Roll on another week and Tarkowski will have saved us.

We have a number of quality players.

huw.Y.WattfromWare · Post by **huw.Y.WattfromWare** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:37 pm

I’ve been saying for 3 months it was the cast on his wrist that screwed him up. It’s gone and he’s back to what he was. Thank goodness.

Rileybobs · Post by **Rileybobs** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:44 pm

I said a couple of weeks ago that now teams have identified him as our main threat and started to stifle him, both McNeil and Dyche need to find ways of him influencing the game. I thought there was a conscious effort by Dwight to drift inside today and play a less rigid and more 'floaty' role which really suits him. I think in some ways we sacrificed the right hand side of the pitch to allow this but hopefully the balance will come in time. Unfortunately our forwards were a little rusty tonight and didn't capitalise on some of his superb work.

TVC15 · Post by **TVC15** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:57 pm

Wellsy1882 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 9:42 pm
Without dwight wed be fcuked

And Pope
And Tarks
And Mee
And Westwood
And Charlie Taylor
And 13 or 14 goals a year Chris Wood

Oh look we have some good players !

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:00 pm

TVC15 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:57 pm
And Pope
And Tarks
And Mee
And Westwood
And Charlie Taylor
And 13 or 14 goals a year Chris Wood

Oh look we have some good players !

I do think McNeil saved us from going down when he came onto the scene, but you make a valid point of just how many quality players we have. And I said similar in a recent post - McNeil can have a bad day but Chris Wood knocks a couple of goals in. Chris Wood has a poor game and Pope has a belter of a game. And so on.

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:38 pm

Looked a lot more at ease playing against Championship standard players. Bodes well for next season if we can keep him

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:43 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:38 pm
Looked a lot more at ease playing against Championship standard players. Bodes well for next season if we can keep him

You sound like you've relegated us already.

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:46 pm

FactualFrank wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:43 pm
You sound like you've relegated us already.

Andy Burnham told the press we are as good as down so thats good enough for me

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:49 pm

Devils_Advocate wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:46 pm
Andy Burnham told the press we are as good as down so thats good enough for me

Try again.

You've relegated us off your own back. Get your IQ into 3 figures and you might be taken seriously.

Paul Waine · Post by **Paul Waine** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:51 pm

FactualFrank wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:20 pm
Could work the other way - play better to get the pay rise. When he has it... not try as hard.

,
No, I think it's been unsettling for him, feeling a lot has been expected but his wages weren't matching those expectation. Maybe a new contract was promised at the end of last season - and then covid-19 intervened.

Or, maybe I'm just reading a little too much into a young guy's football performances, especially one I do not know, other than seeing him play for Burnley and, occasionally, England U21s.

UTC

Devils_Advocate · Post by **Devils_Advocate** » Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:51 pm

Rowls · Post by **Rowls** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:26 am

FactualFrank wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 11:49 pm
Try again.

You've relegated us off your own back. Get your IQ into 3 figures and you might be taken seriously.

Only around half the population get three figures for their IQ. Plenty have to live with double digits.

FactualFrank · Post by **FactualFrank** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:38 am

Rowls wrote: ↑
Tue Oct 20, 2020 12:26 am
Only around half the population get three figures for their IQ. Plenty have to live with double digits.

Haha, you nutter. I thought 3 figures was the general consensus!

JohnMac · Post by **JohnMac** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 5:42 am

Signing a new contract will no doubt have increased his salary and that isn't motivational, nothing will be.

Welcome back Dwight, we've missed that type of performance!

Top Claret · Post by **Top Claret** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:49 am

Top drawer performance from Dwight last night

Wellsy1882 · Post by **Wellsy1882** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:38 am

TVC15 wrote: ↑
Mon Oct 19, 2020 10:57 pm
And Pope
And Tarks
And Mee
And Westwood
And Charlie Taylor
And 13 or 14 goals a year Chris Wood

Oh look we have some good players !

Ok
Without mcneils creativity wed be ******

Murger · Post by **Murger** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 7:48 am

Much better from McNeil last night.

jojomk1 · Post by **jojomk1** » Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:23 am

Best player on the pitch by a mile last night

Pretty much all ex pro commentators praise him

Given their experience/knowledge of the game at this level I tend to agree with them rather than the Dingles on this messageboard