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Funny that he didn't for Lincoln

 

He's not good enough... his level is let's say Newport.

He scores two goals, misses a sittter but doesn't do anything else. So much so he couldn't even get his positioning right and McCall spent most of the game shouting at him.

Pleased he scored the games but we need better from a player we spent 250k on or whatever it was.

 

100% mate. Scores a few goals and people think he's Messi.

Overall he was poor. Yes he scored and took his goals well but if he would of been subbed at half time I wouldn't have been shocked.

 

You could say that about at least 7 or 8 other players in the first half. We were collectively poor, not sure why you are singling Shay out.

 

This is the Shay McCarten thread isn't it?

If you want me to break it down to half time then I wouldn't have subbed the GK or back 4. I thought DMH, Reeves and Novak all did ok, enough not to be subbed. Out of Shay, Akpan and Guthrie he was the worst and I would have changed him for Middleton to try get some width in and support Wood. Its that simple really.

 

Where have I said I hate Reeves?

 

Great, that's your opinion.

So you disagreed with various Bradford City managers in how he should have been played then?

 

It's not for me to decide how to play him. As I've said he's had limited chances, he made the most of those imo and scored some important goals. Despite this he seems to be the go-to fall guy and he keeps getting dropped. I think he's been unlucky, no more no less. I don't think he's the next Messi and I'm not 'creaming' over him.

 

Nice snap shot.

Yet despite all of this he's still been dropped and loaned out by various City managers and Lincolns manager.

 

He wasn't loaned out? We didn't loan him to Lincoln??

The majority of his time at Lincoln was on the bench.

 

OK, maybe I should have said spent the majority of the time either on the bench or not finishing games. He played 90 minutes in 2 league games in the whole of last season!!!

 

There are other reasons for subbing apart from form and fitness. McCartan is precisely the sort of player that gives way to change shape or go more direct or more defensive. He's also likely the one sacrificed in a red card situations. Banbrotam is bang on with the second line of his post.

 

Anybody else got any more reasons for Shay to not complete a game?

 

He's also the type of player to slot into a different formation/tactics late in the game, like on Tuesday. If his fitness was better he could have moved in to a 10 role and Connolly/Middleton on the left.

 

Guess you didn’t see him collapse on the pitch whilst playing against us for Accy Stanley in the cup a few years ago? Blamed the cold weather lol

 

Was that the game they went down to 10 men and still beat us, wasn't that under Stuart ?.

 

To be honest I didn't take a lot of notice of the Accrington players that day, I was hoping one of ours could produce a bit of magic and win the game.
Just got the info from the BBC, now I remember it he came on for Clarke after 85 minutes and was subbed himself after 90+ with Hewitt, he did a full 10 minutes.

 

Towards the end of the Guiseley friendly pre-season I made my way to the exit for a quick getaway. I found myself standing next to two black guys. One I instantly recognised as Donaldson and thought how much smaller he was off the pitch rather than how he seemed on it. The other bloke was a small guy who I didn't recognise at first but then realised was Akpan. I think we sometimes forget how small footballers are. They are very fit, very fast and, sometimes, very skillful. But big they ain't. Akpan is certainly not 'built like a heavyweight boxer'.
At his peak Gordon Strachan weighed less than 10 stone. Allan Clarke, pretty tall but ten and a half stone.

 

Apart from City who did he play Premier League football with for any sort of period Birmingham 11 games and Bolton 9 games ?.
He spent most of his time in the Championship but as I said a little more application he could have played more in the Premiership.

 

The two spells he had at Burnley we mainly Championship football.