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Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns 18:51 - Aug 21 with 1534 viewsChris_ITFC

Opinions are generally quite polarised round here at present (OH NO THEY'RE NOT!), but I do think McAteer could be a very astute signing... based on some cold, dry numbers.

McKenna likes profiles - and I think he suits the RW role very well. When you think Burns was our 5th best player in the promotion season (source: TWTD Questionnaire), McAteer stacks up well here in some good areas. It's a smaller sample size of minutes, sure - but he's young enough to be moulded and to improve, and I see a lot of the 'Burns role' in him already.


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Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 19:07 - Aug 21 with 1454 viewsBouncebackIpswich

Are these stats hand picked to prove a point (no mention of passes received, completed etc)?

Either way both Wes and Kasey are below the required standard I would say, Wes having the clear benefit of knowing the system and goodwill from being an important cog of previous successful sides
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Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 19:29 - Aug 21 with 1346 viewsChris_ITFC

Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 19:07 - Aug 21 by BouncebackIpswich

Are these stats hand picked to prove a point (no mention of passes received, completed etc)?

Either way both Wes and Kasey are below the required standard I would say, Wes having the clear benefit of knowing the system and goodwill from being an important cog of previous successful sides


No, not at all - just picked to suit the RW role.

Passes received / completed is quite subjective (is it good to have high pass completion?), so I deliberately didn’t choose it for fear of those comments.

Feel free to do your own: https://www.squawka.com/en/comparison-matrix/

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Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 20:09 - Aug 21 with 1159 viewsGuthrum

Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 19:07 - Aug 21 by BouncebackIpswich

Are these stats hand picked to prove a point (no mention of passes received, completed etc)?

Either way both Wes and Kasey are below the required standard I would say, Wes having the clear benefit of knowing the system and goodwill from being an important cog of previous successful sides


I'd prefer to see our wide men running at the opposition than passing it anyway.

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Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 20:21 - Aug 21 with 1102 viewsBouncebackIpswich

Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 20:09 - Aug 21 by Guthrum

I'd prefer to see our wide men running at the opposition than passing it anyway.


Sometimes yes, but when facing a packed defence with no space to run into, at times it's important to look after and recycle possession to keep pressure on low block defences.
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Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 20:36 - Aug 21 with 1046 viewsChris_ITFC

Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 20:21 - Aug 21 by BouncebackIpswich

Sometimes yes, but when facing a packed defence with no space to run into, at times it's important to look after and recycle possession to keep pressure on low block defences.


It’s hard to really measure that with a stat though, that’s all I was saying. It’s impossible to know if a misplaced pass was a roll back to a fullback or an attempt to play a striker through on goal.

So I tried to pick more descriptive stats. Ironically, I was trying to be super objective, and got accused of cherry picking to prove an opinion. Sigh.

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Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 21:09 - Aug 21 with 927 viewsStockholmBlue

Interesting. Here is one comparison some might find interesting (or not). I think Sebastian Nanasi would be an interesting prospect for us. Really good at unlocking deep defences. Especially now since they have bought Enciso who operates in the same positions.

https://www.squawka.com/en/comparison-matrix/?compare=-o8iKvpkVqMIcnzXoIZnq

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Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 11:15 - Aug 22 with 405 viewsChris_ITFC

*is a very astute signing.


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Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 11:21 - Aug 22 with 362 viewsgsoly

It's a great signing. He's a system buy, I think - not glamorous to a portion of our fanbase, but one McKenna will be delighted by, you'd assume.

Great move for him as well. Much more chance of being a Premier League player next year!
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Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 13:35 - Aug 22 with 189 viewsChris_ITFC

Wesley McAteer vs Kasey Burns on 11:21 - Aug 22 by gsoly

It's a great signing. He's a system buy, I think - not glamorous to a portion of our fanbase, but one McKenna will be delighted by, you'd assume.

Great move for him as well. Much more chance of being a Premier League player next year!


Exactly right. Like so many of our players, particularly with the increased analytics, they’re signed as a profile to fit a system.

And like we saw last time at this level, given Kieran his parts and he’ll make the machine work a treat!

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