Paddy McCourt: Why does he receive the adulation he does from our fans?

Pfssst whit?! He did not "lose the ball a lot". I think he had one run where he was tackled and lost the ball.

 

Where did I say I don't rate him because can't get past six players? I said people claim he can do this and he tries to do it. I wouldn't expect a player who hasn't been a starter under three different managers to do something like that.

 

Exactly.

And when he does get a run out for 15 minutes,if he does not score a wonder goal,people are questioning why he is near the team.

 

Are you serious?

Go watch a few Mccourt videos and you'll clearly see him beat a mutitude of players en route to scoring a goal.

 

Because he shares the same name as my good self.

 

Okay, I expect these videos will not be bias and show all the times he runs into players while trying to beat them then stands with his hands the air while our players chase the ball he lost down?

 

He's not a winger he's a creative central midfielder.Give him a couple of minders which we have plenty of and we then see the best of him.

 

What has bias to do with it?

Let me remind you of your quote:

"I wouldn't expect a player who hasn't been a starter under three different managers to do something like that."

As I say - go watch a few vids and it may become more clear to you that he can, and has done "something like that" on numerous occassions.

 

'He's a match winner,

One of the very few players in the SPL who can actually change a game himself.

 

Just watched one. Impressive. Coming on with ten minutes to go, the opposition absolutely Knackerd, as not to mention them being the likes of mighty Motherwell, St Johnston.

 

Thats the sort of teams we face everyweek though.

 

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Paddy should really be starting over Forrest.

 

Always the same bullshit argument. Late in the game, * opposition blah blah blah.

You can only skin what's in front of you and he has done it numerous times. Henke scored the majority of his goals against this so called * opposition, should we discount his accomplishments because of it?

 

You do know that many huge teams over the world have players who they put on to exploit a tired opposition - have you ever heard of a guy called Ole Gunnar Solskaer?

Anyway - you know fine well McCourt can produce a bit of magic that no other in this squad. Dress it up with as many dross, sarcastic comments as possible.

 

Indeed - some of these youngsters need a proper football education

 

I've always found the 'he does it against dross' argument a bit strange, how come none of our other players do what he does against the 'dross' then. Do people not realise we play in the SPL?

He does it against the likes of Caley Thistle up at their grounds, a ground that we have had a * of a lot of heartache at and a ground were we traditionally struggle.

It's a very strange argument.

 

Indeed.

 

None of our other players do it because if they did and lost the ball as much as McCourt does they would get pelted with abuse. Yesterday Kayal passed the ball all the way back and the place went mental; McCourt did it an nothing was said.

 

Nope, they don't do it because they can't do it.

I can remember that with Kayal, he had Commons ahead of him in a better position and chose not to use him. When Paddy done it there was no options and chose to keep the ball instead of losing it. Possesion play that's called.