mcphail

his reckless tackles are going to cost us dearly,the free kick he gave away led to the miss of the season by the derby player and his daft lunge gave them a pen.now if this was one of the younger players they would be looking at a long stretch on the sidelines,or a move to scotland

shame he played well last season

He's good to come in for 3-4 games to steady the ship but he soons runs out of gas. I'd seriously get JET motivated and start him ahead of McPhail with Whitts/JET in the middle with Oli. I reckon JET could do a good job as an attack minded central midfielder.

I was disappointed with McPhail today, he looked off the pace and was caught out a few times, he also became very reckless with some of his tackles for someone so lightweight.

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good shout zabier,i think he might thrive on the extra involvement in midfield and be a bigger attacking threat,well worth a try

he is the weak link people go past him with ease, he's to slow and he makes clusy challenges, away from home i'd definetly play 5 in midfield to make up for the lack of pace and workrate of mcphail and whitts

Im a long time admirer of McPhail but today I actually realised today that what he had as a player is no longer good enough for this division. Really looked like Olly had to cover for him more than necessary today and he was trying to thread balls through the eye of a needle constantly when easier balls were on. Steve thanks for everything but this has to be your last season

In fairness his lunge broke up a dangerous derby attack-a booking for the team....

In fairness his lunge broke up a dangerous derby attack-a booking for the team....

Which was a mess he got us into due to an awful pass to their player and then losing his man!

that lunge as i said led to the miss of the season by derby,it should have made it 2-1and then who knows what may have happened

In fairness his lunge broke up a dangerous derby attack-a booking for the team....

Yeah, that was extremely cynical really but a very professional one - took one for the team while they were on the break.

In fairness his lunge broke up a dangerous derby attack-a booking for the team....

Yeah, that was extremely cynical really but a very professional one - took one for the team while they were on the break.

And the mistake stemmed from.............????? Not one to get at players but McPhail has had his time with us, I appreciate all of the effort he has put in over recent years and pulling through his illness recently but as I have said it's got to be his last season.

Sometimes we all have an off day, that's just life generally, but I'm not sure about this being his last season.

Anyway, it didn't really matter whether he played well or not today against a pretty poor Derby side.

Agree with the sentiment but we'll have to agree to disagree. At the end of the day we won 4-1 which can only be good for confidence

Agree with the sentiment but we'll have to agree to disagree. At the end of the day we won 4-1 which can only be good for confidence

I can't believe he was still on the pitch.

His foul for the penalty [freekick] could easily have been a yellow.

He could have been sent off for the free kick as he had no chance of getting the ball and I feared the worst.. Mcphail is not the best as making tackles and have giving a lot of free kicks and penaltys away.

He is a good player but not for 90 minutes first hour very good but gets tired and makes mistakes

In fairness his lunge broke up a dangerous derby attack-a booking for the team....

But Gareth he gave the ball away that led to him making that challenge. Had he not played such a shit pass he would not of had to take one for the team

He is not good enough. Too slow and unless the ball is on his left foot it never goes forward. Anyone who has half a brain will close him down and push him onto his right foot.
Thanks for all your effort Steve but I think your time at City is up (just my opinion)

He was poor today but still a very good player who is more than capable at this level.

IMO it wasnt even a foul for the pen

ok he had a shocker but has played particularly well in other games and recived no praise,for me JET in centre mid would not work,he needs space and time and is not a great ball winner
may be mcphails last season with us but at the moment hes the best option for the position,

Before the game started yesterday I thought McPhail would have one of his better days because of who we were playing and how Nigel Clough sets his teams up. However he had a very disappointing game where he was constantly played out of the game by the Derby midfield and his inability to tackle cleanly and keep ace with their midfield players when they were breaking was a big concern.

His challenge to give the penalty away was typical and if that challenge was made against one of our players we all would have wanted a penalty.

The problem we have is that DJ believes in McPhail as the most pivotal player to the way we play and he is not IMO. Our next 2 away games are not easy and I think DJ needs to rethink using him as Olifinjana will need more support in CM than McPhail is capable of providing.

He is shit, has always been shit and he causes us to be shit. 3 weeks ago the 3rd anniversary of his last goal for us past, a shocking stat for a Central Midfielder. My message is for Christ sake Jones when will you wake up to just how crap this player is?

his reckless tackles are going to cost us dearly,the free kick he gave away led to the miss of the season by the derby player and his daft lunge gave them a pen.now if this was one of the younger players they would be looking at a long stretch on the sidelines,or a move to scotland

Ca'nt tackle for toffee. A lot of people drool about him, personally I'd rather have Whitt's in the middle and Mcphail on the bench where he ca'nt cause any trouble.

lets hope mcphail dosnt read this

In fairness his lunge broke up a dangerous derby attack-a booking for the team....

But Gareth he gave the ball away that led to him making that challenge. Had he not played such a shit pass he would not of had to take one for the team

Fair enough comment. He is passed is sell by date and whilst he is wearing our shirt he deserves our support.

his reckless tackles are going to cost us dearly,the free kick he gave away led to the miss of the season by the derby player and his daft lunge gave them a pen.now if this was one of the younger players they would be looking at a long stretch on the sidelines,or a move to scotland

havnt read any replys to hungover. but i like mcphail, and he had to make that tackle and take a yellow card for the team as they were breaking 3 on 3

Personally I think McPhail should be replaced in centre mid by JET who would give us a more potent attacking threat from that position when going forward. 2 powerhouses like Oli and JET in the middle would also help us defensively in breaking up opponents attacks, I just think we would look alot more potent with that kind of partnership in the centre of midfield.

He is shit, has always been shit and he causes us to be shit. 3 weeks ago the 3rd anniversary of his last goal for us past, a shocking stat for a Central Midfielder. My message is for Christ sake Jones when will you wake up to just how crap this player is?

Couldn't have put it better myself. I have no idea why he is on the pitch

He is shit, has always been shit and he causes us to be shit. 3 weeks ago the 3rd anniversary of his last goal for us past, a shocking stat for a Central Midfielder. My message is for Christ sake Jones when will you wake up to just how crap this player is?

Did you watch any of last season? I can go along with that he hasnt been outstanding this season but that is beyond harsh. Personally i think he still has a part to play