Incoming? Paddy McNair

[Ricky]

A target according to The Sun.

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Quite an unsurprising one if so, given his ability to play at RCB and in midfield. Good age, good height and decent on the ball, but did have a quite a bad injury recently.

Middlesbrough are likely to be willing to sell the likes of him.

 

[Akinbiyi]

A target according to The Sun.

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Quite an unsurprising one if so, given his ability to play at RCB and in midfield. Good age, good height and decent on the ball, but did have a quite a bad injury recently.

Middlesbrough are likely to to willing to sell the likes of him.

Would make sense but yeah, not an exciting one

 

[Nicolaus_Copernicus]

Worship me as your god, Ricky.

6th May 2018.......

I doubt he'll come back from his latest injury at a suitable standard, as two ACL's on the same knee in 18 months puts a career in balance, but i would've taken Watmore from Sunderland. 24 yrs old, not the greatest technical player in the world, but very Milneresque. Great attitude, work rate, engine & endeavour. Paddy McNair is another from Sunderland, 23 yr old, Northern Irish international who can play centre mid and CB & WB if needs be. He's scored 5 in 16 for a shit side this season, 4 of which were in the last 5 games. Also had an ACL tear in the last 12 months.

 

[AdamSufc1997]

We can do better

 

[10-0 win]

we do need a few in, 3 starters and the rest will probably be covers and hopefully upgrades on Johnson,Washington,Coutts and the players out on loan. Loans added and we 're at 25/26 players.

 

[YES Blade]

I don’t have an issue with signing players like McNair and Sinclair as cheaper buys as squad players as long as we have some quality first choice signings up our sleeve.

If all our signings are this type of player, I’ll be very worried about next season.

 

[Blade56]

Middlesbrough are likely to be willing to sell the likes of him.

So not good enough for them in La Liga but good enough fort PL.

Cold porridge being linked with us for every position, CWAK will be the messiah and his dad if they can pull this one off

 

[Ricky]

So not good enough for them in La Liga but good enough fort PL.

Good enough for them, but not a key player and they may be want to recoup the fee to help finance themselves now they're without parachute payments.

 

[Bladeinleeds]

I’d be for this signing for a reasonable price. We genuinely don’t have an out and out defensive midfielder at the club.

 

[Blade83]

An old article but based on this he could be competition for Basham as well

Paddy McNair can be Man United's right-back for 10 years - Louis van Gaal

"Maybe he shall be the right full-back of Manchester United for the next 10 years, you never know. He has the chance."

www.espn.co.uk

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Is there any fucker left that we haven't been linked with?

 

[Ricky]

Is there any fucker left that we haven't been linked with?

Kristian Pedersen. We haven't been linked with Kristian Pedersen.

 

[Bruce Wayne]

Kristian Pedersen. We haven't been linked with Kristian Pedersen.

Isn't she the Sweedish ladies no.9?

 

[CaptainMorgans]

An old article but based on this he could be competition for Basham as well

Paddy McNair can be Man United's right-back for 10 years - Louis van Gaal

"Maybe he shall be the right full-back of Manchester United for the next 10 years, you never know. He has the chance."

www.espn.co.uk

Interesting - sounds very much like Basham’s role for us as you say. I was hoping we’d be looking for a major upgrade in that position though & I’m not sure McNair really is that. I don’t remember ever being particularly wowed by him.

 

[TomTheBlade1889]

Good fit for the RCB role. Defensive player but comfortable on the ball, has played full- back before and has a good delivery so guess he could make a decent overlapping centre-half.

 

[bonnet de douche]

We need bodies ..I'd take him ...as for Scott Sinclair ..fk no thanks..not even on a free ..was wank in a wank Celtic team and he's 30 yrs old mark ...fk no way Jose

 

[Torrix1889]

A quick squizz at the Boro forums suggests they wouldn't want to lose McNair....

Sinclair....I would take him as a squad player, does have a bit of pace....as long as he's not a budget Maupay/McBurnie option.

 

[Aston max]

We need bodies ..I'd take him ...as for Scott Sinclair ..fk no thanks..not even on a free ..was wank in a wank Celtic team and he's 30 yrs old mark ...fk no way Jose

Yes but some eye candy with both Webster girls in the crowd

 

[Bergen Blade]

Makes more sense than Ben Gibson who was also linked.

 

[Weasel]

He would be a solid enough player and would handle the Premier League without too much of a sweat. Solid if unspectacular signing if true, but thats where we need to be at this moment. We need to build up our squad to be a solid Premier League one i.e. like Burnley over a period of time. McNair is also young enough to grow with us and develop his game. He cant have been a mug successfully coming through Newton Heaths youth system.

 

[HeCanDoMagic]

Didn't Brighton put a big bid in for him last year?

 

[CaptainMorgans]

Didn't Brighton put a big bid in for him last year?

Middlesbrough outbid them and paid £5m for him last Summer.

He’s versatile, and could probably cover / compete with Basham and Baldock. Just think we need to be aiming a little higher in these positions.

 

[Tynemouth Blade]

At least Sinclair will have something in common with Kean Bryan!

 

[metty]

Apart from both of them getting splinters on their arses, you mean.

 

[Davalon]

Isn't she the Sweedish ladies no.9?

In Willder we trust etc etc........

 

[FriethBlade]

Repeat after me 'we are in the premier league '... surely we expected better than this when we went up? Boro fan at work says hes average, he only started 7 games for them in the championship. If these Sinclair and McNair rumours are correct it shows how little money Wilder has to work with.

 

[Rodley]

Covers a couple of positions and fills a spot. Sign him.

 

[Houso]

Repeat after me 'we are in the premier league '... surely we expected better than this when we went up? Boro fan at work says hes average, he only started 7 games for them in the championship. If these Sinclair and McNair rumours are correct it shows how little money Wilder has to work with.

This is all great, but before Fleck came, there were Cov supporters saying he was only capable of passing sideways. According to Ipswich supporters, McGoldrick (who had barely played in the last couple of seasons) was past his best and his legs had gone. Egan according to Brentford supporters was not close to the standard required for a club chasing promotion and their other defenders were immensely better. Boro supporters actually laughed at us for taking Cranie on.

Of course, often supporters are right; see Johnson and Washington. But it's certainly on reason to write a player off.

I'm not overly keen on the idea of Sinclair, but I think McNair would be a very solid back-up option.

 

[Rodley]

This is all great, but before Fleck came, there were Cov supporters saying he was only capable of passing sideways. According to Ipswich supporters, McGoldrick (who had barely played in the last couple of seasons) was past his best and his legs had gone. Egan according to Brentford supporters was not close to the standard required for a club chasing promotion and their other defenders were immensely better. Boro supporters actually laughed at us for taking Cranie on.

Of course, often supporters are right; see Johnson and Washington. But it's certainly on reason to write a player off.

I'm not overly keen on the idea of Sinclair, but I think McNair would be a very solid back-up option.

Take comfort from CW having the best recruitment track record of any manager I’ve ever seen at SUFC

 

[Nick Jansky]

Repeat after me 'we are in the premier league '... surely we expected better than this when we went up? Boro fan at work says hes average, he only started 7 games for them in the championship. If these Sinclair and McNair rumours are correct it shows how little money Wilder has to work with.

No it doesn't.