This is the problem when a player gets cult status like Macca, his mistakes become invisible and the ordinary becomes extraordinary. He's nowhere near Hobbs or Chester.
1) The whole team, not the best performance but great team work 2) Bruce for making the changes to both personnel and tactics that was required to get the 3 points 3) The fans. Good following considering it was on TV and the weather was shocking, never stopped singing all through the match. Not sure how it came across on TV!
It's like Zigic at Birmingham, an almost joke status has turned into one where they actually seem to think he's a great player. Macca used to be a joke of a player, now he's an average Championship centre-back doing his job, there's no more to it than that. Chester & Hobbs are both superior defenders.
There's no doubt that Chester and Hobbs are far more talented, but McShane has improved no end this season, and suprisingly been very steady and consistent. Tonight neither Chezzy or Macca put a foot wrong all game, so it's hard to pick between them, but Chezzy was better on the ball (what a pass that was in the first half, first decent forward pass of the game) and makes his defending look easy, does it with utmost class. McShane looks a bit more scrappy and makes the same job look harder than Jimbob, he was also alot less composed on the ball and ended up hoofing it back to them a few times. Hobbs would have ranked above Macca tonight, but he did put a foot wrong, that clearance in the first half was ****ing diabolical to the point it should have gifted them a goal on a plate, poor poor finishing meant he was very lucky to get away with it.
I think people on here know that I'm not exactly Macca's Number 1 fan; but I thought tonight he actually had a good game. Made the tackles he was supposed to, made a terrific block which looked for all the world it was hand ball when he brilliantly chested it down. It's a first I know, but I thought Macca was the pick of the defenders, only nit picking on Chester's nervy back passes and Hobbsy giving the ball away once or twice.
McShane (Big gap) Chester Boyd McShane is unstoppable at the moment. Anybody who doesn't vote for him is wrong. That's not my opinion, that's fact.
I'm a convert too, to be fair the other defenders were good tonight but Mcshane really stood out for me as he imposed himself on Burnley- dominant performance, more of the same will see us up.
1. Quinn 2. Chester 3. McShane Can't understand how anyone chose Boyd. He spent most of the first half getting caught in posession.
