Re: Maghoma
LondonBlueHe's very inconsistent and always has been.
His biggest praise seems to be that he "protects the full-back well" - which I think pretty sums him up.
He's done well to score the goals he has but he could/should probably have more.
I still have nightmares of last season at the Hawthorns where he breaks away, goes 1-on-1 with goalie and falls over in the box before he can shoot. It's ridiculous.
He shouldn't be ahead of Villalba, Montero, Bailey, Crowley and Bela on the wings imo.
His biggest praise from me is that he's generally good on the ball and tries to make things happen. Inconsistent? Yes, sure - there's a lot of that in his position and at this level, to be fair. VIf we're talking about inconsistency, then Villalba seems to be just that at the moment. I like him, and he's talented, but you can't guarantee a good game from him. Montero is fabulous to watch, but his injury situation must make the management wary of starting him. Crowley is a shoe-in, of course and I would like to see Bela down the wing. I haven't seen enough of Bailey to think that he should be ahead of Maghoma at the moment. From what I have seen, he's talented, quick, fit and raw, understandably. His display the other night was encouraging, but consisted of ever such a lot of chasing around as he was desperate to impress, obviously, and we were pretty well being eaten up by QPR at that stage. I think that he has the potential to be quality though.
I do (as mentioned earlier) feel that Maghoma lost a few per cent of his sharpness last season, and that's not going no to improve with age. I'd like to see him available on the bench, as a fresh Maghoma can still do a job in the latter stages of the game, I think.