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Better news that McGinley is back fit again, with the obvious caveat that we’ve seen him once and he might not actually be any good.

I don’t see him as a LWB though so maybe a return to a back 4 of McGinley, Bevis, Gallagher and SOD?

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51 minutes ago, crazylegsjoe_mfc said:

Semple is supposed to be a highly thought of prospect and has done well in the first team before. I’d like to think a time like now is when he’d get the odd opportunity.

I suppose the thing with Semple is that we've tried to turn him into an #8 so going by the rough balance of our midfield that makes him Polworth's understudy, just as Cornelius appears to be Campbell's. Neither are going to be a fix to the Donnelly problem.

As it stands with Donnelly out until the new year it looks like the burning question is, whether we can get away with O'Hara playing as the anchor and if not whether there's enough faith in Project: Barry Maguire Midfielder.

Alternatively is Robinson prepared to switch Campbell into the holding role and letting O'Hara run wild box to box.

Fwiw, I like Semple and prior to his injury last season from the limited amount of coverage we got he was starting to "affect" games at Reserve level as Craigan would have put it. He was chipping in with goals and although there were a myriad of factors the results seemed to dip without him in the side. I was at the win against Dunfermline where he scored two - the first half he was playing wide left (cutting in) and 2nd he was playing as the 8.

The fact that we've not even seen much of him on the bench, even with the extended numbers makes me wonder whether he's one of the ones earmarked for a loan.

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4 hours ago, steelmen said:

As long as we don’t sell Campbell, I can see us running with Campbell, polworth and Ohara with the youngsters swapping in.

 

2 hours ago, crazylegsjoe_mfc said:

Semple is supposed to be a highly thought of prospect and has done well in the first team before. I’d like to think a time like now is when he’d get the odd opportunity.

 

1 hour ago, capt_oats said:

I suppose the thing with Semple is that we've tried to turn him into an #8 so going by the rough balance of our midfield that makes him Polworth's understudy, just as Cornelius appears to be Campbell's. Neither are going to be a fix to the Donnelly problem.

As it stands with Donnelly out until the new year it looks like the burning question is, whether we can get away with O'Hara playing as the anchor and if not whether there's enough faith in Project: Barry Maguire Midfielder.

Alternatively is Robinson prepared to switch Campbell into the holding role and letting O'Hara run wild box to box.

Fwiw, I like Semple and prior to his injury last season from the limited amount of coverage we got he was starting to "affect" games at Reserve level as Craigan would have put it. He was chipping in with goals and although there were a myriad of factors the results seemed to dip without him in the side. I was at the win against Dunfermline where he scored two - the first half he was playing wide left (cutting in) and 2nd he was playing as the 8.

The fact that we've not even seen much of him on the bench, even with the extended numbers makes me wonder whether he's one of the ones earmarked for a loan.

Basically what these posts are saying, I don't see us bringing anyone in.
We will run with the three in there and we will bring in others when needed.

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I would be happy to give Maguire a chance. He's looked fairly decent any time I've seen him and a decent run could be good for him.

It might also give O'Hara a kick up the arse if he sees he has some genuine competition as he's been below average at best so far this season.

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