What is the point of Molango?

[Lammy]

Shall we sack the youth team and put the money in the Falmer pot?

No but we shouldn't be going out and signing players for the future. They should be scouted much earlier and then worked thorough the youth scheme.

If Molango was REALLY brought in just for 'the future' I doubt he would even have got a mention on the website. Let alone started the first game of the season. Played in nearly all the pre season friendlies and been on the bench for most of the earlier games this season. If you really believe that McGhee had no intention on playing him in the first team this season right off the bat then I'd love to have a puff on what you're smoking.

 

[fatboy]

I agree for players for the future, look at the gooners youth team who beat city in the cup. However, how can a young prospect be a prospect, when he is so unfit, and he must be unfit if Piercy is healthier than him. Surely we should loan him out to gain experience and fitness if MM dosn't see him as part of the squad for this season

That is bollocks.

There is no question that he is not fit. McGhee said:

"They have to trust me. People are asking where is Maheta Molango? Maheta at the moment is not capable of playing in this team and making a difference."

He is fit. He is not good enoughyet for the first team!

 

[fatboy]

No but we shouldn't be going out and signing players for the future. They should be scouted much earlier and then worked thorough the youth scheme.

If Molango was REALLY brought in just for 'the future' I doubt he would even have got a mention on the website. Let alone started the first game of the season. Played in nearly all the pre season friendlies and been on the bench for most of the earlier games this season. If you really believe that McGhee had no intention on playing him in the first team this season right off the bat then I'd love to have a puff on what you're smoking.

Well clearly if he had turned out to be the striker that could get us 15 goals this season he would have been playing when we had no one else up front.

It was worth a try. McGhee has seen he is not ready and is now not playing him.

 

[SULLY COULDNT SHOOT]

How bad is 'nopt good enough yet'?

1 - Worse than an unfit John Piercy?
2 - So not good enough that we have to change selection?
3 - Not good enough and neither is Jake Ronbinson?
4 - Not even worth a risk when we're down to playing centre halves up front?


Stretches credibility a tad.....

 

[Easy 10]

I think our weak pre-season arrangements don't really help who ever is in charge, surely playing all the usual non league teams can not help when trying to judge a player.

Yes Molanga scored freely against them, but no disrespect to there back fours, but there is a massive golf of over three league tiers.

That is an extremely good point.
I'm not sure how much you can ever truly learn about new player just in pre-season mind, but it would certainly help if we played 2 or 3 games against quality opposition of at least League 1 standard, rather than the piss-poor non-league rubbish we always seem to play. Chuck in a Premiership team as well (which most other League clubs seem to do) and we'd have a really good pre-season workout.

 

[Black Country Seagull]

He is fit. He is not good enoughyet for the first team! [/B][/QUOTE]


And Piercy is good enough?

 

[fatboy]

He is fit. He is not good enoughyet for the first team!
And Piercy is good enough? [/B]

This isn't really the issue is it? If Molango was good enough we could go back to playing two up front and not playing two midfielders with Knight in a 4-3-3.

Piercy is good enough for the first team but he is yet to prove this as he is constantly unfit/injured/ill.

 

[Uncle Buck]

If Molango was REALLY brought in just for 'the future' I doubt he would even have got a mention on the website. Let alone started the first game of the season. Played in nearly all the pre season friendlies and been on the bench for most of the earlier games this season. If you really believe that McGhee had no intention on playing him in the first team this season right off the bat then I'd love to have a puff on what you're smoking.

Molango played all of the pre-season games as Knight was suspended for the first three games of the season.

What is weird is he lost his place once Knight was back, due to the excuse that him and Knight did not work together and has now been relegated to the category as one for the future.

 

[kalinski]

but why is it that everyone i have spoken to that was at Reading say that he played really well. In fact their fans said that he looked a great player.

WHAT IS GOING ON?!!!!!

 

[fatboy]

but why is it that everyone i have spoken to that was at Reading say that he played really well. In fact their fans said that he looked a great player.

WHAT IS GOING ON?!!!!!

Scoring after 12 seconds would endear a player to most fans.

In the games I have seen him play since then, including reserve games, he has been poor.

 

[Lammy]

He's been piss poor for every game I've seen him in. McGhee obviously agrees which leads me nicely onto the question of;

What is the point of Molango?

 

[Uncle Buck]

He's been piss poor for every game I've seen him in. McGhee obviously agrees which leads me nicely onto the question of;

What is the point of Molango?

To be honest he looked OK until Knight came back. His first touch needed working on, but with the ball at his feet he looked like he knew where the goal was.

I get the impression that McGhee does not think that he is strong enough at present, but then McGhee thinks Harding can play in midfield, so you never know.

 

[Black Country Seagull]

This isn't really the issue is it? If Molango was good enough we could go back to playing two up front and not playing two midfielders with Knight in a 4-3-3.

Piercy is good enough for the first team but he is yet to prove this as he is constantly unfit/injured/ill.

Piercy was only good enough to earn a short term contract, and from last seasons evidence is no where near as good as what Malango as shown so far. The point i'm making is that what kind of a future has the lad got, if he currently considered worse than Piercy?

 

[Lammy]

I get the impression that McGhee does not think that he is strong enough at present...

He is Mike Tyson compared to Knight!

 

[fatboy]

Dan Harding hasn't been great this season, and didn't look great last time in this division. He is now an established part of our team, an England youth international and is reported to be being watched by Premiership scouts.

Michel Kuipers was a nobody when he arrived, was substituted in his first game and lost his place to some lower league donkey. He is now the best keeper I have seen at this club.

Molango will come good. And if he doesn't, he can fall back on his law degree and we can forever regret the fact that we spent three peanuts and half a mars bar of our wage bill on him.

 

[Uncle Buck]

Piercy was only good enough to earn a short term contract, and from last seasons evidence is no where near as good as what Malango as shown so far. The point i'm making is that what kind of a future has the lad got, if he currently considered worse than Piercy?

A fit Piercy, playing behind the front 2, like he did against Plymouth in January is something worth considering. How we accomodate both him and Currie is the issue, but Piercy is a talent, it is just in the last 12 months he has been very unlucky with injuries.

 

[Black Country Seagull]

Heres a thought, lets play ben roberts up front, he likes to take players on, he has upper body strength and can jump, the only problem i good see though, is getting him to stay in there area...teehee

 

[fatboy]

Piercy was only good enough to earn a short term contract, and from last seasons evidence is no where near as good as what Malango as shown so far. The point i'm making is that what kind of a future has the lad got, if he currently considered worse than Piercy?

He was given a short term contact at first as he is the type of character that needs a kick up the backside. He successfully convinced the manager he was good enough for a long term contract.

He has been unlucky with this recent illness, and in the past probably hasn't helped himself with his lifestyle, but he is certainly a talent worth keeping and has shown this in the few games he has played while fit.

McGhee has stated before that Molango, Knight and Robinson are all similar players so will not play them together.

The quicker McPhee gets fit the better.

 

[Uncle Buck]

The quicker McPhee gets fit the better.

Hmmm....

 

[fatboy]

Hmmm....

It will give the moaners somethign else to moan about.

McGhee rates him...