Maguire-Drew

Quoted from Phil the cod

He has the natural habit of always being in the right place at the right time.
No coaching or fitness plan can ever be a substitute for this.
He reminds me a bit of di canio.
Pops up at vital times to pull us out the shite.
Hurst was too negative imho yesterday playing one up top at home in our first game.
It invited them on to is too many times and the ball just seemed to bounce off Taylor,who tried hard up there on his own as always.
Imagine this Taylor and desi up front, jmd and wearne out wide, Clifton ,holohan through the middle. We should of kept desi imho ,we dropped a bollock there.

Quoted from Phil the cod

Hurst was too negative imho yesterday playing one up top at home in our first game.
It invited them on to is too many times and the ball just seemed to bounce off Taylor,who tried hard up there on his own as always.
Imagine this Taylor and desi up front, jmd and wearne out wide, Clifton ,holohan through the middle. We should of kept desi imho ,we dropped a bollock there.

Quoted from chaos33

This might be a bit controversial and I do see your point and understand it, but calling him ‘lazy’ isn’t fair in my view. He’s a very good offensive player who has delivered for us many times. Im not sure I want him to expend loads of his energy defending, getting behind the ball or tracking runners when our shape doesn’t necessarily demand that he does that. I see him as an outlet and don’t mind if he stays fairly high up the pitch when we don’t have the ball. He’s not in the team to defend and doesn’t really have that skill set. He finishes, creates, runs at defenders, delivers crosses and set pieces to a high standard. I’d rather he used his fuel focusing on that.

Also - little point in comparing him to Clifton - they are different kinds of players - Clifton is ‘box to box’ and has a different set of attributes. JMD made a huge contribution to our promotion and I hope he doesn’t read comments that peg him as ‘lazy’ or ‘unfit’. Squads are made with a blend. He is what he is - some games it will be tactically right for him to start, some maybe not. Depends on our system and opponents.

Quoted from Lincoln Mariner 56

It’s a drawback of the modern game that workrate is preferred to skill and quality. I always think there’s room for more balance and if your going to accommodate hard working players like agree and Clifton there should be room to play someone with JMD’s qualities and have the grafters cover his weaknesses.

Quoted from HerveJosse

Di Canio sorry can’t have that I once saw Di Canio play for Sheff Wed at Barnsley in a premier League match and I still think it was the most dominant display I have seen live from an individual player everything in the match went through him . Like many geniuses he was difficulty and dangerous but a brilliant footballer.

Quoted from Phil the cod

You are obviously too young to remember the fantastic Ray Wilkins running the show in midfield for QPR against us in the league cup , think they won 4-3 as I recall, Gary child's missing a sitter in front of the pontoon in Extra time. I'm not for one minute suggesting jmd is in that class or Di canios class, but the way he pops up with important goals and passes  is very much like the aforementioned players.
Some players have that natural instinct to sniff out where to be at important stages of play. Jmd has this knack, hence why he needs to be on the pitch more.