2023/24 Dwight McNeil

[Egil Olsen]

It's the little things, the little things that the academies grind away from the players; "stand here", "move here", "don't run with the ball", "never more than 2 touches", etc., which McNeil has somehow escaped. He has escaped the factory where the players are mass-produced and standardized. As if they were some cheap junk food. He has escaped Weber's iron cage. Where every action must be rational, until it stifles any originality, and turns against itself.

He belongs to the streets, in the streets we've all played. Here where all movements are redundant and excessive. Where the extremes of the structure belong to the screaming mothers, and the setting sun. His world view is a labyrinth.

For the children born under the Guardiola prism. The children who prefer the straight line. The children who count and read, instead of seeing, touching, hearing, tasting and smelling, this is just an unnecessary detour on the way to the goal. For them, the goal is to get through life, from start to finish, in the most rational and convenient way possible. The straight line.

They, the last man, can never understand a superman like McNeil. Only we who have known the dreams from the streets, and the bounce the ball got from the hard surfaces, can do that.

 

[terryefc]

It's the little things, the little things that the academies grind away from the players; "stand here", "move here", "don't run with the ball", "never more than 2 touches", etc., which McNeil has somehow escaped. He has escaped the factory where the players are mass-produced and standardized. As if they were some cheap junk food. He has escaped Weber's iron cage. Where every action must be rational, until it stifles any originality, and turns against itself.

He belongs to the streets, in the streets we've all played. Here where all movements are redundant and excessive. Where the extremes of the structure belong to the screaming mothers, and the setting sun. His world view is a labyrinth.

For the children born under the Guardiola prism. The children who prefer the straight line. The children who count and read, instead of seeing, touching, hearing, tasting and smelling, this is just an unnecessary detour on the way to the goal. For them, the goal is to get through life, from start to finish, in the most rational and convenient way possible. The straight line.

They, the last man, can never understand a superman like McNeil. Only we who have known the dreams from the streets, and the bounce the ball got from the hard surfaces, can do that.

Marvellous prose. Truly he is the Messi ahhhh.

 

[ToffeeTim]

 

[maccavennie]

Time to step up and get off the mark for the season today.

 

[Osamabindiesel]

He has been playing some lovely crosses as of late. dangerous

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

It's the little things, the little things that the academies grind away from the players; "stand here", "move here", "don't run with the ball", "never more than 2 touches", etc., which McNeil has somehow escaped. He has escaped the factory where the players are mass-produced and standardized. As if they were some cheap junk food. He has escaped Weber's iron cage. Where every action must be rational, until it stifles any originality, and turns against itself.

He belongs to the streets, in the streets we've all played. Here where all movements are redundant and excessive. Where the extremes of the structure belong to the screaming mothers, and the setting sun. His world view is a labyrinth.

For the children born under the Guardiola prism. The children who prefer the straight line. The children who count and read, instead of seeing, touching, hearing, tasting and smelling, this is just an unnecessary detour on the way to the goal. For them, the goal is to get through life, from start to finish, in the most rational and convenient way possible. The straight line.

They, the last man, can never understand a superman like McNeil. Only we who have known the dreams from the streets, and the bounce the ball got from the hard surfaces, can do that.

Best use of Max Weber ever, nea.

If we still had rep you'd get the max for that alone.

 

[Daveysgingerlovechild]

Dwight McNeil, the footballer antidote to Max Webers disenchant thesis.

 

[maccavennie]

Thought he was really poor again.

 

[Mikey O]

Exciting to watch and something different from pure pace and power.

Plays an important role for us and long may he stay fit.

 

[dannyboy]

Thought he was really poor again.

Him and Harrison doing their best work going the other way at the moment. Both of them need to have more impact on the game in the final third.

 

[Joey66]

Tired in the 2nd half imo

 

[maccavennie]

Him and Harrison doing their best work going the other way at the moment. Both of them need to have more impact on the game in the final third.

100%. Great being defensive and all that like but ffs you've got to be offering something the other way from time to time.

I think he's been miles below the standard required since his return into the team.

 

[blulouie]

Fell off a cliff this lad .

Needs to find some form quickly.

 

[Dixie1sixty]

Thought he did fine. His main role is defensive.

 

[Rollo Tomassi]

100%. Great being defensive and all that like but ffs you've got to be offering something the other way from time to time.

I think he's been miles below the standard required since his return into the team.

The pair of them are tracking back so much that it blunts their attacking impact when they do get the chance to go forward. There was a couple of occasions when Harrison and McNeil were one on one defending against the Palace forward which shouldn't happen, I think the balance is tipped too much on the pair of them defending at the minute but when Coleman gets back hopefully it will allow at least one of them to get forward more.