2025/26 Dwight McNeil

[MikeH72]

We are when in the current shape we still won't play him mate.

Same for Chermiti btw and Patto, they are fake cover as they simply won't be used

He will get loads of game time this season regardless of whether he played against Leeds or not. Our first team squad is absolutely minuscule.

 

[hetion]

I like him more than most but he's literally one of our only sellable assets realistically so I wouldn't be too surprised to see it happen.

 

[blueboy72]

He's fine, scores occasionally, gallops forward. I enjoy watching him.

Fitness is a question, but should play left, with Grealish on the right. or have a a good 30 mins / cover for Ndiaye and Jack. madness to sell. He's played, he's improved, he's useful, this is precisely how we should develop our team, not constant expensive short term fixes.

I do understand the he's 3rd choice left, sell and get a solution for our right side, but this is not the way to do that.
. There's a reason pep didn't play Jack , that was a huge gamble that's left no funds for our right side which is a MUCH BIGGER PROBLEM!

McNeil is fine let’s keep him,
But Grealish is a huge gamble ffs

 

[kenada_blue]

Sell another player who gets goals and assists.

The everton way.

 

[smileychap]

Sell another player who gets goals and assists.

The everton way.

So true!

 

[smileychap]

McNeil is fine let’s keep him,
But Grealish is a huge gamble ffs

250k a week woulda fixed a lot of holes down our right side. That's all I'm saying. He didn't create a shot or assist vs a newly promoted avg leeds, just a foul from memory.

 

[kenada_blue]

He lacks bottle and that could be the sticking point with Moyes. Pulls out of tackles.
That said I reckon he’s just got a niggle that’s keeping him side-lined.

He's played the majority of his career under Dyche. The first to pull up someone pulling out of tackles.

 

[smileychap]

I’m not saying he’s a problem, I’m saying he’s not good enough long term. 80% of the players who’ve been playing for us the last few years aren’t good enough. Abd to move on you sell the ones you can make money and improve, that’s the only way to move forward for a club like us, McNeil is one of the few players we can make money on and not miss his presence. In the next 12 months, McNeil, garner, Patterson, Beto. All get moved on, that could give us decent money to move on, Liverpool are selling Elliot, talented kid, but they have spent 300mil and can get money back in.

We need to be ruthless moving forward, sentimentality has hung around our club like a bad smell for years

I sort of agree with this - and 100% right about sentiment, too.

But McNeil , Garner and Beto are funnily anough precisely the characters I'd keep as squad, subs and injury cover.

Patterson, yeah. Myko (sadly) for me, Keane, Seamus will retire soon obvs, Tim Iroegbunam (unless he improves). These kinda characterize the players I'd want shipped. But to your point, I don't know if we'd make money on those, compared to the names you've flagged.

 

[EGWToffee]

For me he’s still one of the better players in the squad. If we’re going to hit the next level though, he’ll likely be a bit part squad player stepping in when we’ve got injuries. If it wasn’t for his lack of pace he’d be a regular starter.

 

[EGWToffee]

I’m not saying he’s a problem, I’m saying he’s not good enough long term. 80% of the players who’ve been playing for us the last few years aren’t good enough. Abd to move on you sell the ones you can make money and improve, that’s the only way to move forward for a club like us, McNeil is one of the few players we can make money on and not miss his presence. In the next 12 months, McNeil, garner, Patterson, Beto. All get moved on, that could give us decent money to move on, Liverpool are selling Elliot, talented kid, but they have spent 300mil and can get money back in.

We need to be ruthless moving forward, sentimentality has hung around our club like a bad smell for years

Building a good squad requires you to have decent backup, why would we sell Mcneil when he’s a proven performer at this level. Just doesn’t make any sense at all does it?

 

[blueboy72]

I sort of agree with this - and 100% right about sentiment, too.

But McNeil , Garner and Beto are funnily anough precisely the characters I'd keep as squad, subs and injury cover.

Patterson, yeah. Myko (sadly) for me, Keane, Seamus will retire soon obvs, Tim Iroegbunam (unless he improves). These kinda characterize the players I'd want shipped. But to your point, I don't know if we'd make money on those, compared to the names you've flagged.

But McNeil, Beto and Garner are 3 players we can make money on when you look at their book values.
And let’s have it right, we ain’t breaking into the European places with these 3 players, and I’d say only Garner is good enough to sit on the bench for team fighting for the Europa League places

 

[blueboy72]

Building a good squad requires you to have decent backup, why would we sell Mcneil when he’s a proven performer at this level. Just doesn’t make any sense at all does it?

Did you actually read what I said?
Because we can make profit on him and buy better
And he’s a proven performer fur a team fighting relegation. He’s not proven and never will be for a team wanting to improve and fight for Europe

 

[Gilbert..]

Needed massively on sunday. Have to give Brighton something to think about on the left rather than say heres our right footed midfielder at left back. Come and attack him.

 

[witchdoc187]

Can he play left back?

 

[Cameron Manning]

I think there’s a lot of overreaction here and I think he’ll be a ‘horses for courses’ rotation player this season

When we have a lot of time on the ball and are trying to break down a stubborn defence he’s a great option to play a through ball, pinpoint cross or hit a rocket whereas Leeds was a frantic scrappy game with no quality and no time on the ball, let alone time to shift it onto your one foot and take time picking a pass

I think we’ll see plenty of Dwight, especially in home games

I certainly hope so!