Mcatee

All this mention of that game at Wrexham. Just watched it again!

In over forty years of watching the Mariners, I have never seen anything like it. Put a smile on my face on an otherwise dreary day!

Quoted from TheRealJohnLewis

I'm the opposite, I think he's vastly overrated by a lot of our fans and doesn't deserve the god-like status bestowed upon him by some. He had a brilliant season in non-league and last season he wasn't far off the player that Scunny fans told us we were getting. He has yet to prove he's more than anything more than a flash in the pan. Only time will tell and hopefully, he proves me wrong.

Well that's why you are not a professional football manager, and I would hazard a guess that the manager of the PREMIER league team that own him, and quite a few on this forum, could care less about your opinion.

Quoted from 123614

Well that's why you are not a professional football manager, and I would hazard a guess that the manager of the PREMIER league team that own him, and quite a few on this forum, could care less about your opinion.

'kinell mate take a bloody chill pill will ya. Although I disagree with Mr. Lewis opinion on this, it is only his opinion. It seems you are berating him for having an opinion. It's what a message board is all about. You really are a cantankerous old curmudgeon, in my opinion of course.

I think McAtee needs to be receiving the ball facing the opposition goal and when his team on the front foot to show his best. He scored a cracker of a goal last season on one of the few occasions this happened for him at BP (but I seem to think we may have lost the game!), but we rarely got him into the right positions.

I think he's probably one of those players who will do much, much better in a stronger side than prior form might indicate. Thinking like players such as Dwight Yorke when I say this - a good striker at Villa who moved up several levels after the move to Manyoo.

Of course, whether he gets the chance in such a side or makes the most of it if he does, is a different matter...

Quoted from Maringer

I think McAtee needs to be receiving the ball facing the opposition goal and when his team on the front foot to show his best. He scored a cracker of a goal last season on one of the few occasions this happened for him at BP (but I seem to think we may have lost the game!), but we rarely got him into the right positions.

This one? 0:50.

We drew 1-1.

Quoted from ginnywings

Isn't that very essence of under estimating his talent and not opposite at all?

My opinion is that there is a real player in there, but he could go either way.

A Scott Neilson or a John Oster , could go either way .

Quoted from moosey_club

Can still use it.....just make the words detrimental instead of praising 😁

Or even better for Efete

Quoted from 123614

Well that's why you are not a professional football manager, and I would hazard a guess that the manager of the PREMIER league team that own him, and quite a few on this forum, could care less about your opinion.

The spirit of Victor Meldrew lives on.

I hope McAtee does well..wherever that is. Far too often we look to knock/judge instead of just enjoying or appreciating someone with talent/ability - in any sport.

In my humble opinion McAtee had season of his life here, he may not repeat it - or he may well do - I hope it’s the latter. He was imperative to us getting promoted, has an ‘aura/belief’ about him on his day, the ability to produce something out of nothing, and had a decent work rate. Last season just didn’t happen..post injury, move ..maybe factors..but hope he can show his ability as said. Must be said our management team deserve acknowledgment on JM - arguably got his career going again, and probably not the easiest to ‘manage’.

Anyway ..good luck to him wherever he goes as says.

Quoted from It Bites

This is exactly how I feel about him . I've seen people on here call him a town legend 😅. He was great in non league but so was Arnold , Connel and hearn

It depends how you are defining “legend”. Some would say to be a footballing legend, alongside footballing impact, you must have served your club or country for a significant period of time - clearly John McAtee doesn’t fit the Town legend criteria in the way Matt Tees, Joe Waters, Paul Groves or more recently Craig Disley did.

However, another footballing legend criteria may relate to a specific achievement - think the England eleven from 1966, or even a single performance - think David Beckham’s performance against Greece that earned England qualification to a World Cup Finals competition.

John McAtee would fit two out of three of those criteria for GTFC legendary status.