James McCarthy

His lack of mobility is really a thing of inexplicable wonder. There was a bit where he got outpaced at about 3 different points of the same challenge for the ball against the same man. I could barely work out what was happening. Like the David Blaine of physical comedy. 4 year contract was it?

 

Had a wee jog back for the 4th goal showed all his determination and athleticism.get him to *

 

He chose us as a retirement ground.

A Desmond signing, clear as day. He's no better than a finished Scott Brown in the last few years. Slow, can't dribble, can't tackle, not a goal threat, only passes backwards and sideways like a crab

Was worried when he came in and so far all my concerns have been proven.

 

desmond's a * idiot, whya re we wasting money on him instead of players in their prime ready to go. we are not a place for has beens to come and see out their playing days. gtf with that *.

 

A quick glance at wiki shows how many games he has played for each club

376 games,as of tonight,for a player that is in the 16th year of his career is shocking

A four year contract,worth so much to him that he won't be agreeing to a switch to Dundee or Hamilton ,will see us get 80 games at most,though I fully expect him to be a squad player for at least the last two years of it

 

I said it reeked of lazy scouting when he signed, and he's actually been far worse than I expected.

Waste of wages

 

Looked like he was running in treacle, didn’t really offer much

 

Gona be a long 4 years!

 

Agree.

Slowest man on the planet when it comes to movement and kicking the ball. It just really seems to slow down the pace of play when he gets involved.

I find his inclination to go to ground as he kicks a ball frustrating too; takes him out of play for a handful of seconds as he gets back to his feet.

I might actually prefer Bitton to him (when he plays deep and defensive).

 

So average it's not true, even that might be too much praise, his weird voice was a red flag in itself

Limited passing range, preferring to go sideways & backwards 99/100, no energy, no pace, doesn't cover a lot of ground, not a goal threat from open play or set pieces, can't tackle, no skill, dear oh dear.

 

Scott brown would be better in this system. I bet he would still be pressing like mad. We need 2 more midfielders who have pace and power to adopt this press. Instead we have 3 slow chain smokers who ate all the pies.

 

I thought he would've been one of the best players in the league, but why is he so slow he looks like he doesn't know how to run he actually gets slower

 

Struggling for good viable options in the midfield and not one single person asking for McCarthy as an option...

He really needs to work hard this international break as he looks so far off the pace it's not true.

 

Aye he's clearly taking longer than we'd hoped to get up to speed..

I'm glad he is being left out again until he's at the required level..

We only saw a few minute's of Giakoumakis on Saturday and he looked a lot different to his game before. I'll judge McCarthy when he's really at it..

Still think he'll be a big plus for us. He isn't * at all..

 

You need to be mobile in the system we play, he doesn't seem to fit the bill at all..

 

I honestly can't judge him too much yet mobility wise as I still think he's nowhere near he needs to be. Tires quickly as well..

He's probably quicker than Turnbull, Rogic and Bitton..

He may turn out to be a flop but I've still got hopes for him..

Loads of quality and played at a high level in the EPL for most of his career..

Has he started a league game that McGregor has? Think McGregor would take a lot of the burden off him as he has the ability and pace that is instrumental to the way we play..

 

If Ange is gonna tweak it again with only one of Turnbull or Rogic as the 10 type and the other two behind, then McCarthy would be a lot better once he's up to speed and sitting beside McGregor..

Might have to jog my memory but he's played sitting behind Rogic and Turnbull exposed a bit on his own. Trying to think of whatever trios he's been started in..