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[Evo1883]

McCallum has definitely been off for a while, since before the move. We’ve been far stronger down the right. That’s not a slight at him, he’s a young kid playing his first season in a demanding role. It’d be good squad management to give him a rest IMO and I’d be saying that even more if he was our player. He must have played the least professional football of anyone in the first team squad.

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[steveo1987]

Rubbish. He played well yesterday, without being outstanding. Crucial ball for O'Hare's goal, great pass for Shippley for the effort that hit the post, hit the bar himself from a free kick, bullied their winger all day. He was an outlet all game long. Made one bad mistake when he miskicked a clearance and then tripped over his own feet, nearly giving them a chance. What are you expecting from him, Roberto Carlos every week?

Read the comment further up the thread about these players being kids. He needs a bit of a rest. There's a lot of games at the moment and rotating players around as we are doing in the midfield does no harm at all.

 

[Nick]

Wouldn't say McCallum bullied their winger. The winger had the beating of him pretty much every time.

 

[SBbucks]

Wouldn't say McCallum bullied their winger. The winger had the beating of him pretty much every time.

Somebody else says he gave McCallum a torrid time for an hour - really? How many chances were created by this magic winger? I can't remember any. Sam had him under control for most of the game and took the ball off him regularly. It's all opinions I suppose, but I cannot remember any teams over the last 3-4 years that posed less threat than Southend.

 

[Nick]

Somebody else says he gave McCallum a torrid time for an hour - really? How many chances were created by this magic winger? I can't remember any. Sam had him under control for most of the game and took the ball off him regularly. It's all opinions I suppose, but I cannot remember any teams over the last 3-4 years that posed less threat than Southend.

There was also the one where McFadz had to bail McCallum out and put in a great block.

Not saying he was awful, just that he didn't really bully their winger as the centre halves had to bail him out a few times when he was beaten.