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AjaxAndy wrote: Mon Aug 17, 2026 11:58 am
Ok, I disagree, mainly because the likelihood of someone playing 25 games when they're so desperate to get rid of him seems unlikely.
Doesn't matter though either way, no one has a clue what he's actually on... I think regardless we got a good deal out of it, and hopefully he goes on to be a really astute singing.
Part of the reason for their willingness to offload was due to wages vs output, and by all accounts we agreed to pick up the remaining term of his contract which is why it went through quite quickly, so it would be what he was on.
Time will tell as to whether we have the best deal or not, interestingly the 'expert', ex professional, view is generally that McNeil is the better player of the two. I think this is a slightly uneducated view as they dont have the benefit of watching either week in week out, and will probably be referencing goals or contributions over years, rather than seeing McNeils decline over the last 18 months.
Johnson probably has the harder task if he is low on confidence as I think the expectations of us is significantly higher than Palace, particularly if the issues he generally has are around effort and application, but realistically both are more likely to continue their current trajectory and both become obsolete rather than excel, but lets see.
Early days but that's a promising sign of things to come for him here.
He's such a good finisher that any time we can get him in I'd back him to score
Zero goals for Palace, and he's already bagged one for us... Very happy we've got him and managed a crazy deal where we actually gave them McNeil in exchange. Could go down as one of the most bizarre swaps ever if he does this on a regular basis.
Great option for us. I don't really get why he's become such an accepted 'rubbish' player because he did poorly at Palace for 6 months. He's had a season at Forest and a season at Spurs in the last 4 seasons then a lot of 'PL' wingers could only dream of in terms of goal returns.
Gash wrote: Wed Aug 26, 2026 9:09 pm
McNeil would have slipped a disc trying to get that onto his left foot rather than shoot with his right.
What on earth makes you think that McNeil could have got there in the first place? He’d still have his head down running now if he was going that far up the pitch!
sam of the south wrote: Wed Sep 02, 2026 9:01 am
No more easing in now.
With Ndiaye gone and Dibling not liked by Moyes, this lad will have to be the main man on the right for 60 mins, and then our striker for the last 30.
I think not signing Balogun will impact on George a lot... He'll be the backup striker and so probably won't start as much as he would have otherwise
It'll be Johnson on the right, and I guess Dibling coming on as sub for him, which might work out long term as he'll get the minutes he wouldn't have otherwise.
He'll have to chip in now but if he starts to learn how to play the line up top (as well as control 60 yard balls played up to his neck by the back four) and dart in behind to use his pace he might not be such a bad option.
