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McGivern Extends Loan Deal
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maineroadman
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Captain Oats said:i live in leicester (right next to the stadium) with 3 leicester city fans. One die hard. They all reckon he is shit. They say he has no pace to be a left back and no strength to be a centre back...
I presumed a lot of it was because they take any oppourtunity to slag off any city player but this morning on facebook there is a lot of "fuck off back to man city" facebook status's.
Is he seen as a first team regular at Leicester or is he an understudy for the Swiss lad that used to be at Blackburn, Bruno Berner?
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i watched the game yesterday and though he was ok
unlucky for the goal definately, but his play in the attacking third of the pitch was poor, poor delivey, poor touch and poor passing
a couple of challenges though and he doesnt look short of pace
i saw him in the youth cup a bit, especially up at sunderland in the semi where he scored 2 from corners and cleared one off the line
if he can bulk up a bit, and improve his attacking play he'll be a good player in the championship, but i doubt any higher than that..hope to be proved wrong tho!
unlucky for the goal definately, but his play in the attacking third of the pitch was poor, poor delivey, poor touch and poor passing
a couple of challenges though and he doesnt look short of pace
i saw him in the youth cup a bit, especially up at sunderland in the semi where he scored 2 from corners and cleared one off the line
if he can bulk up a bit, and improve his attacking play he'll be a good player in the championship, but i doubt any higher than that..hope to be proved wrong tho!
Hi guys,
Leicester fan here, just thought I'd give you all an insight into how Ryan McGivern is doing down here.
Not really certain where to kick off with regards to him, to be honest. When he arrived it seemed a sensible accquisition, had a decent pedigree at youth level, and was bought in purely as cover for the excellent Bruno Berner. When he eventually made his debut against Crystal palace at home, after a string of bench warming cameos, he seemed steady enough, if a little panicked and hurried in possession at times, and a fair bit of hoofing, however, I think virtually everyone understood that that could be attributed down to nerves. Solid if unspectactular debut.
In the televised game against Reading, however, he was completely outplayed and ripped to shreds by an unstoppable Jobi McAnuff. I think his pants are still round his ankles. Unfortunately, after that display, his critics began to gather. Alot of lacklustre, some average, performances have followed, and, given that we do love a scapegoat when things go wrong at Leicester, he has been made a target by a small section of 'fans.' Recently, he really has had a torrid time of it, and has bore the blunt of criticism when the defence as unit (bar an always brilliant Michael Morrison) has steadily lost confidence, resulting in a blip in form over the past few weeks. Before the attention was switched to Ryan, it was the usually dependable and solid Robbie Neilson who seemed to get the blame for everything at the club, from reliance on hoofball, to Mandaric being charged for tax fraud. Some of our supporters really do have enormous chips on their shoulders, as well as unrealistic and over ambitious expectations that all stem from over acheivement during the O'Neill era.
McGivern really hasn't been aided at all by the re-introduction of a hideously out of form Wayne Brown to the backline, a move which can hardly inspire confidence in a young lad already receiving criticism. The fact that he's also playing instead of the aforementioned, injured Berner, arguably the division's most accomplished left back, has not helped his caused, or boosted his popularity amongst the fans.
It really isn't all doom and gloom, it's obvious that the lad has something, and going forward he isn't too bad, aerially he's half decent too, but his positional sense and inability to deal with pace really are glaring weaknesses.
The level headed and reasonable amonst us City fans do understand that the lad is still only 19, so there's plenty of time for improvement and development. There's no faulting his attitude or application, but unless he sorts out the vast amount of flaws in his game, he'll never become a Premier League regular, unless it's at a nothing club, like Bolton or Wigan, someone like that. I really don't think too many City fans would be overly enamoured if the move was made permanent at the season's end, being brutally honest.
Best of luck for the rest of the season, great to see a club shaking things up a bit in our top flight, and a cool as fuck manager doing the business.
Thanks.
Leicester fan here, just thought I'd give you all an insight into how Ryan McGivern is doing down here.
Not really certain where to kick off with regards to him, to be honest. When he arrived it seemed a sensible accquisition, had a decent pedigree at youth level, and was bought in purely as cover for the excellent Bruno Berner. When he eventually made his debut against Crystal palace at home, after a string of bench warming cameos, he seemed steady enough, if a little panicked and hurried in possession at times, and a fair bit of hoofing, however, I think virtually everyone understood that that could be attributed down to nerves. Solid if unspectactular debut.
In the televised game against Reading, however, he was completely outplayed and ripped to shreds by an unstoppable Jobi McAnuff. I think his pants are still round his ankles. Unfortunately, after that display, his critics began to gather. Alot of lacklustre, some average, performances have followed, and, given that we do love a scapegoat when things go wrong at Leicester, he has been made a target by a small section of 'fans.' Recently, he really has had a torrid time of it, and has bore the blunt of criticism when the defence as unit (bar an always brilliant Michael Morrison) has steadily lost confidence, resulting in a blip in form over the past few weeks. Before the attention was switched to Ryan, it was the usually dependable and solid Robbie Neilson who seemed to get the blame for everything at the club, from reliance on hoofball, to Mandaric being charged for tax fraud. Some of our supporters really do have enormous chips on their shoulders, as well as unrealistic and over ambitious expectations that all stem from over acheivement during the O'Neill era.
McGivern really hasn't been aided at all by the re-introduction of a hideously out of form Wayne Brown to the backline, a move which can hardly inspire confidence in a young lad already receiving criticism. The fact that he's also playing instead of the aforementioned, injured Berner, arguably the division's most accomplished left back, has not helped his caused, or boosted his popularity amongst the fans.
It really isn't all doom and gloom, it's obvious that the lad has something, and going forward he isn't too bad, aerially he's half decent too, but his positional sense and inability to deal with pace really are glaring weaknesses.
The level headed and reasonable amonst us City fans do understand that the lad is still only 19, so there's plenty of time for improvement and development. There's no faulting his attitude or application, but unless he sorts out the vast amount of flaws in his game, he'll never become a Premier League regular, unless it's at a nothing club, like Bolton or Wigan, someone like that. I really don't think too many City fans would be overly enamoured if the move was made permanent at the season's end, being brutally honest.
Best of luck for the rest of the season, great to see a club shaking things up a bit in our top flight, and a cool as fuck manager doing the business.
Thanks.